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![]() Mentats are described as a "class of Imperial citizens trained for supreme accomplishments in logic."
Here's how the Baron Harkonnen describes the twisted Mentat-Assassin Pitr de Vries:
"They were toys compared to me," Piter snarled. "You yourself, Baron, could outperform those machines..."
Thufir Hawat, the Duke Atreides Master of Assassins, also enters altered states when speaking as a Mentat - it is referred to as a "Mentat semitrance." It's also described as "intense Mentat concentration."
The Lady Jessica, an adept of the Bene Gesserit, describes Mentats this way, speaking to Thufir Hawatt:
Finally, remember the worst thing about being a Mentat:
Mentats often use Sapho juice to enhance their concentration.
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