Linchine was a Bene Gesserit acolyte at the same time as Darwi Odrade, though Odrade was several years older than Linchine. Linchine was remembered by Odrade as the most inept acolyte that could be accepted by the Bene Gesserit sisterhood, selected because of a characteristic the Breeding Mistresses wanted in her offspring rather than for intelligence or emotional balance. Linchine was paired with Darwi Odrade for an ornithopter training course, which proved Linchine was incapable of flying the machine.