Broken-off Spike & Psi Beetle Brain in a Jar

[brobotics]

Anyone know if the 'Broken-off Spike' has significance beyond some dialogue options from Quinton? Does it open a door to any undiscovered lore that perhaps ties some of the Leviathan/ACoNR/Ferryman/Sormirbaeren stuff together? Can anyone confirm/deny?

If not, was it marked as a 'Key' instead of 'Misc' by mistake?

Also, does anyone have more information on 'Psi Beetle Brain in a Jar'? Does it exist?

[brobotics]

The psi beetle brain in a jar exists in-game, just like two-headed mutants.

Oh okay, that makes sense.

There is some more dialog about the pyrite steve piece, but I don't count it as a key. No idea why it's defined as a key item.

this bugs me though... still wondering if there's something more to the Spike