Miles Teg escapes the T-Probe by Bartman
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From Frank Herbert's 5th book of the Dune series, Heretics of Dune. The warrior-mentat miles Teg has been captured and is being subjected to a T-Probe, a device designed to create a computer simulation of the consciousness of an individual in an effort to extract vital information. The excruciating pain of the ordeal lifts Teg into a new awareness and ability, where Teg is moving at extreme speed.

The functionary speaks: "Ask the simulation where they have taken the ghola."
Silence and then a faint humming.
"I'm not getting anything." Yar.
Teg hears their voices with painful sensitivity. He forces his eyes to open against the opposing commands of the probe.
"Look!" Yar says.
Three sets of eyes stare back at Teg. How slowly they move. Dit, Dat and Dot: the eyes go blink... blink... at least a minute between blinks. Yar is reaching for something on his console. His fingers will take a week to reach their destination.
Teg releases himself from the medusa tangle of probe contacts. Pop-pop-pop! The grippers fly away from him. He is surprised to notice a slow start of bleeding on the back of his right hand where it has brushed the probe contacts aside.
Mentat projection: I am moving with dangerous speed.


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