[It also sets a dangerous precedent David's entirely not comfortable with. Before now, he'd just assumed that Barge denizens were human, or at the least humanoid. If a parasite like this Khaji Da got in, though, that theoretically means a Yeerk could do. There could be Controllers on the Barge.
There's a jolt of shock as he realizes there could be Controllers on the Barge, there could have been this whole time, and he'd have never known.]
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[It also sets a dangerous precedent David's entirely not comfortable with. Before now, he'd just assumed that Barge denizens were human, or at the least humanoid. If a parasite like this Khaji Da got in, though, that theoretically means a Yeerk could do. There could be Controllers on the Barge.
There's a jolt of shock as he realizes there could be Controllers on the Barge, there could have been this whole time, and he'd have never known.]