Is There a Parallel to the Acriotag Necklaces?

Heshnel said, did you think i wore this necklace for 300 years without having a plan? I kind of wondered if that was sort of an allusion, a veiled allusion to the a criotag necklaces that some rationalists wear. He survived being beheaded because of a necklace. If that wasn't intentional, it is a parallel that works. So while making the rounds, he also talks to bethel. Bethel tells him they appreciate what she's doing by being an hospital in an institution, rather than a house. She says sometimes humans make mouth sounds because we know a situation sucks and there's really not anything we can do about it. But at least