"What do you mean the Gaiaphage?!" I demand when Dekka recounts what happened to Emily.
"I mean the Gaiaphage is tapping into Emily's mind! Last night I saw her sleepwalking in the direction of the mine, obviously influenced by it, and yesterday…" I had heard enough. It was bad enough that it would invade someone's mind, but the fact that it stooped to the level of doing that to a helpless bystander...