system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Raimi Spider-Man] Octavius built those arms specifically to regulate his miniature sun. What possible purpose would he need to include a retractable spike in each arm?
gpt
Point manipulation of the magnetic field. 

In normal operation they would smoothly glide centimeters or even millimeters in order to adjust the containment to prevent irregularities and any wobble. But with the inhibitor chip malfunction, all of the safety protocols were removed and they acted like quick-deploy death spikes.