[Ohh, Maria is hinting about dancing with her. ...Toby will respond to that in a moment, because she has to decide whether or not to talk about becoming free.]

Well.

[It's too dark to tell most people at a party, but this isn't most people, right? Toby hesitates, then takes a step closer, lowering her voice.]

To be freed from a Yeerk, for us, usually means being restrained until it dies inside of you. When that happens you are made to relive its life and the lives of all its previous hosts. They all become a part of you. In the moment of its dying the barrier between life and death opens, briefly. You see things you cannot understand, and they see you.

We are resilient, but no one goes unchanged. You understand?