
shit i aint done a parasite update in a wwhile havve i? ok here here i do actually havve somethin so as wwe knoww the parasite has psionic capabilities yeah? it cultivvates this sorta neuro-link betwween it and its host wwhich causes said host to act unpredictably and at first wwe wwerent entirely sure a wwhy after all most parasites wwould prefer it if their presence wwent unnoticed it givves them more time to percolate and consume and reproduce dependin on its unique objectivves a course but as it turns out this is actually defensivve after all other animals steer clear a ones wwho are actin strange and sick and funny enough wwhen the infected animal is completely on its lonesome it ceases its odd behavvior that is to say the parasite is smart enough to knoww howw to keep its host safe i already had the notion that it wwas more intelligent than its simple appearance might imply but it really does seem as though it is attemptin to cultivvate a longer-term couplin wwith its host its likely wwhy the neural link persists evven after the parasite has been removved from its host at least until it finds another host wwevve also figured out a feww more concernin quirks a the infected subjects devvelop a taste for flesh and fail to recognize keepers and other animals that they wwere once fond a classic zombie movvie shit except wwithout the decomposition aspect also the parasite can heal its owwn wwounds and seemingly come back from bein medically deceased howwevver this is not a trait that gets passed onto its hosts the hosts can vvery much die and the parasite wwill immediately exit its deceased host in search of a neww one the parasite typically attempts to enter either open wwounds or orifices primarily wwhile the animals are asleep since it is seemingly not vvery fast outside of a body it also has teeth for gnawwin and diggin and burrowwin and consumin so havve fun thinkin a that wwhile youre gettin ready to sleep it also does seem to havve interest in trolls as potential hosts but understandably no one has vvolunteered yet to become a test subject for this particular sort a neuro-parasitism go figure evven so wwe finally wwere able to name the little beastie: schistosoma animucerebris or more colloquially the neurowworm
