"Because they think Tom agreed," Marco said. "Never mind that he only did that because some little girl asked him to do it. She was his friend, you know? But she didn't know what she was asking him to do. And I don't think he was able to say no to her."
He still couldn't understand, why. The thought of being infested - being completely unable to control even your own body - terrified Marco more than anything else. Why would anyone ever ask someone to go through that?
"Dude, you don't understand," Marco said. "The Yeerks could be anyone. There's no way to know who is and isn't a Controller. And back home, if they'd ever found out who we were...that would be it, man. They'd kill us. Or worse, stick Yeerks in our heads. And then they'd do the same to everyone we knew."
Re: [closed, and bendytimed to the day before Quarantine ends]
He still couldn't understand, why. The thought of being infested - being completely unable to control even your own body - terrified Marco more than anything else. Why would anyone ever ask someone to go through that?
"Dude, you don't understand," Marco said. "The Yeerks could be anyone. There's no way to know who is and isn't a Controller. And back home, if they'd ever found out who we were...that would be it, man. They'd kill us. Or worse, stick Yeerks in our heads. And then they'd do the same to everyone we knew."