"I'm sorry," Merlin said quietly. He didn't really know what Spidey was referring to - Merlin actually knew very little about how Yeerks were regarded on the ship, and he was quite frankly baffled by the thought that stopping Iniss was apparently against the rules - but he could tell that somehow, what he'd done had made things harder for Spidey.

"I just wanted to help Tom. I didn't want to make things difficult for everyone else."