There's a certain strange comfort to be found in blocking one ear off. But then he has a habit of sleeping with a pillow jammed over his head.
Paranoia, right? But then he'd spent six weeks dazed and out of it tied to a hospital bed and high as a kite on pain medicine while Iniss fed. He was fairly certain that that alone had come dangerous close to driving him mad.
The Yeerks crawl in, the Yeerks crawl out, the Yeerks play darts with crazy.
"There are a lot of shoulds." He signed, keeping his eyes closed. "There are a lot of...expectations. I've pretty much failed all of them. And they're going to start a fight with Kang, Marco will." He made a tiny, miserable noise.
"Make a choice, but if you don't make the one we want you to, we're going to cause trouble about it forever. Is that how it's supposed to work? I didn't like what Iniss did, but it was my choice."
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Paranoia, right? But then he'd spent six weeks dazed and out of it tied to a hospital bed and high as a kite on pain medicine while Iniss fed. He was fairly certain that that alone had come dangerous close to driving him mad.
The Yeerks crawl in, the Yeerks crawl out, the Yeerks play darts with crazy.
"There are a lot of shoulds." He signed, keeping his eyes closed. "There are a lot of...expectations. I've pretty much failed all of them. And they're going to start a fight with Kang, Marco will." He made a tiny, miserable noise.
"Make a choice, but if you don't make the one we want you to, we're going to cause trouble about it forever. Is that how it's supposed to work? I didn't like what Iniss did, but it was my choice."