He didn't even flinch at the tiny pinch, following the bobbing creature with his eyes and rolling his sleeve back down. "I'm not interested. More than enough nightmares caught in this head already."

< Hey. >

< You have a vivid imagination. Lucky I can muffle you. You won't have that anymore, after this. Will you miss it? >

< No! > But Iniss could feel the lingering uncertainty. It had been a long time since Tom had been himself with no hope of a Yeerk returning to take over again.

"Should we return in a few days to collect the bodies?" He wasn't quite sure why Sam was insisting on coming back with another sample. It was just a body.