My name is Illarim 7-4-6. I am a Yeerk. About a year ago, I found out that I was going to receive my first permanent host. It was the best news I had ever had.
Of course, there are training hosts so that you can become accustomed to the new senses and how to control them, but then after your training session, it's back to the pool. How could anyone want to leave the world of sights and sounds, tastes and smells, walking, talking… Why would anyone want to leave that and live in a world of, of nothing?
The teachers always told us that our hosts would not be as easy to control as these. They explained that the hosts we trained on were fully broken, and therefore safe for us to handle, but that our new hosts would probably be very rebellious, especially if we were assigned to a human.
We soon got used to the Gedds; every Yeerk's first practice host. Their clumsy limbs and slow movements made them quite easy to control, as well as the passivity of their minds. They had been hosts all their lives, and so had no thoughts of rebellion or difficulty.
As the sessions went on, they gave us more and more difficult hosts. We had to be fully prepared for our first hosts, they said. The first time I infested a Hork-Bajir was an awesome experience... I will never forget how different it was from a Gedd. Controlling the Hork-Bajir felt like I was on top of the world, with its powerful body and quick movements. The eyesight was not quite as sharp as the Gedd's- colors were less distinct and lines blurred. But I loved it nonetheless.
Soon, I had reached the end of the training sessions, and there was nothing I could do but wait for my new host body. Most Yeerks begin with a Hork-Bajir host, or a Gedd, but I was to receive a human! I did not understand why, because I was young and in no position of power, but of course I was not going to say anything for fear it had been an accident and I was supposed to be assigned to a different host. A human was fine with me!
I knew very little about my host, except that it was a human girl. A child, but nearly adult. Her name was Katie. It was a strange name, but I liked it. It sounded almost wistful and airy. Katie.
I would receive her at the next meeting of the Sharing in one week.
I couldn't wait.
Of course, there are training hosts so that you can become accustomed to the new senses and how to control them, but then after your training session, it's back to the pool. How could anyone want to leave the world of sights and sounds, tastes and smells, walking, talking… Why would anyone want to leave that and live in a world of, of nothing?
The teachers always told us that our hosts would not be as easy to control as these. They explained that the hosts we trained on were fully broken, and therefore safe for us to handle, but that our new hosts would probably be very rebellious, especially if we were assigned to a human.
We soon got used to the Gedds; every Yeerk's first practice host. Their clumsy limbs and slow movements made them quite easy to control, as well as the passivity of their minds. They had been hosts all their lives, and so had no thoughts of rebellion or difficulty.
As the sessions went on, they gave us more and more difficult hosts. We had to be fully prepared for our first hosts, they said. The first time I infested a Hork-Bajir was an awesome experience... I will never forget how different it was from a Gedd. Controlling the Hork-Bajir felt like I was on top of the world, with its powerful body and quick movements. The eyesight was not quite as sharp as the Gedd's- colors were less distinct and lines blurred. But I loved it nonetheless.
Soon, I had reached the end of the training sessions, and there was nothing I could do but wait for my new host body. Most Yeerks begin with a Hork-Bajir host, or a Gedd, but I was to receive a human! I did not understand why, because I was young and in no position of power, but of course I was not going to say anything for fear it had been an accident and I was supposed to be assigned to a different host. A human was fine with me!
I knew very little about my host, except that it was a human girl. A child, but nearly adult. Her name was Katie. It was a strange name, but I liked it. It sounded almost wistful and airy. Katie.
I would receive her at the next meeting of the Sharing in one week.
I couldn't wait.