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First appears in Book 3: Diamond Mask, chapter 9 (CSS DRUMADOON BAY [Hu 12-201] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-401/422 [6–20 JUNE 2062])

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Book 3: Diamond Mask

Ch 9A minidoser is a small green pillow-shaped device with a needle that injects a sleep drug letting nonoperant children avoid pain in hyperspace, but it turns off the mind-screen.

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Book 3 · Ch 9Dee fakes the minidose
Dee pretends to inject herself with the minidoser and keeps her mind-screen up during the first hyperspace jump. Gran suspects, confronts her, and tries to coerce answers, but Dee reveals only her self-redacting power.

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