Catherine Berry<p>The Reverend Mother gazed unblinking into Paul's eyes, and held the poisoned needle to his neck. Paul fought for self-control as his hand seemed to burn inside the neural induction box. The pain grew inexorably worse.</p><p>Waiting outside the closed door, Jessica heard a high-pitched shriek, followed by the muffled thud of a body falling to the floor.</p><p>Jessica sighed and rolled her eyes. "What a little bitch", she whispered to herself. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GiveACharacterDifferentManners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GiveACharacterDifferentManners</span></a><br /><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HashTagGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HashTagGames</span></a><br /><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Dune" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dune</span></a></p>