I read this chapter a long time ago but I keep coming back to it because I honestly don't understand Orkath's position. He's annoyed that the Governor does not speak of Yeerk honor when the Yeerks are invading Earth without even having the decency to inform anyone about it and infesting anyone who might find out. They infest children to get to their parents and target the lonely and vulnerable to turn them into slaves. They steal people's bodies and act like they are entitled to them because their lack of a body somehow makes them better than people born with bodies. They behave as though the person whose body they stole simply no longer exists - but it's really not THAT bad for the host - and do their best to use their host's friends' and family's affection for them to trap them in the same fate. They even make it a more serious offense to have sympathy with a host than to aid Andalites or outright treason! They lock people in cages like animals whenever they aren't thrilled with having their bodies stolen. I just...what is he talking about with regards to honor? Is he really confusing being good at fighting and fighting despite the fact that they could die (though apparently not against impossible odds because that is stupid and human) with honor? And when he's wondering what happened to the basic respect that one party shows another during war...what about the basic respect their whole species either fails to show or are forced to hide from their hosts? And I have no idea what kind of account he got of Elfangor's death because he couldn't have been there and thought that Visser Three taunting Elfangor about enslaving the Andalite home world, putting his trusted people in Elfangor's families heads and anticipating their screams, and enslaving the humans and the way that he made Elfangor's death a public spectacle to laugh at before having his near-death foe held down and then be literally *eaten* was in any way allowing Elfangor to die "with a sense of accomplishment, a sense of righteousness." And even when he acknowledges Elfangor took out seven or eight bug fighters it was apparently more than that. I know that I'm never going to *agree* with Orkath about the Yeerks as a whole having honor (though individuals can) but I honestly don't know what kind of honor he thinks they have. As Visser Three said early on, even when they make promises to gain hosts they never intend to keep them from the onset. It must not be nice to have the governor talk about how terrible they are but I just don't see what kind of honor Orkath thinks they have. Especially considering that he is at that very moment plotting to use the feelings of a boy who his host has a mutual attraction to to enslave him and ruin his life!

KeeP going!

Oh my gosh, I'm not 100% sure, but I swear Orkath just said I love you! Sorry I haven't put up a review but I usually review after finishing a story unless something big hits me. I actually shed tears when I saw that. Orkath is in the closet! ^_^ I probably would end up being a willing controller trying to talk my Yeerk into turning to the good side. Also, having a Yeerk in my head would probably greatly improve my D&D skills. So much pluses with a Yeerk for me, I'd probably forget the entirety that Yeerks are inherently evil though SOME are good. I would SO keep oatmeal just for my Yeerk. Though, knowing my luck, I'd probably end up getting a high-rank Yeerk. :( Great story thus far. ^_^ I don't know when I'll be back to comment again, but two things are certain, this story is awesome and I'm onto the next chapter.

Yes, quite chaotic indeed. War is hell, what can I say? Anyways, yes, the end is getting closer. I'm still interested in seeing this through.

Keep going! :)

I had honestly given this up as deadfic. Despite previously erratic update schedules, almost a year with no updates is, well, a long time. So I was very pleasantly surprised to do my weekly (ish) check of Animorphs fics and find that this had updated.

I really liked this chapter. Purely on a technical level, it's a lot better than the last one, and I appreciated the brief Taxxon POV drabble. I've never seen anything written from the point of view of one of those unfortunate aliens, ever. And of course, I appreciated the brief cameo by Urbosh. I think you got his voice right.

Another great chapter. Rarely do we see Yeerk-to-Yeerk contact without human emotions clouding it - that scene in the pool with the Visser and the others getting the morphing power was just that. And, of course, the inexplicable host/controller connection, where they /almost/ seem to want to pity us, but don't quite make it there. Very nice work, again!

Let me be 100% honest, here - I've sort of been avoiding this fic, simply because slash fics have never been of interest to me. After a recent run-in with an /extremely/ talented writer and his slash, I decided to give yours a try. Boy, am I glad I did. The /only/ critisism I might have after chapter 1 is that it could be considered a little heavy on the sexual content, but then again, there was fair warning in the summary. Not to mention, for the sake of realism, of /course/ the internal dialogue between a controller and Yeerk would not have any filters on it. ...I like it. It's realistic as all hell. Best 'controller' fic I've read, and this is just the first chapter! I appreciate the fantastic writing style, and the dialogue is superb. Even if the content isn't my cup of tea, I look at it like this - the controller/controled interaction isn't a pleasant one in the first place. It's almost artful the way you have the Yeerk torturing this boy. I'd imagine growing up gay would be hard enough.../this/ is almost too much. Excellent work, my friend. I can't reiterate how glad I am that I started reading your work, and I'll be sure to let you know how I feel about the rest of it in the future. Matter of fact, I could use a mind like yours to help me add that dose of realism to my own fics...but that's not the point, lol. Great, fantastic work! Super A+, guy!

Darned right he's in love. Not the sexual kind of course, but...meh. Been a while, hasn't it? ;)

Keep going! :)

This story is plain amazing. Even though I've never gotten through the entire series and such, I'm able to keep up with what happens and everything. And ohgod, the Yeerks. They creep me the dang out, but it really does put things in perspective. And I freaking love it, yeah!

... I know I'm gonna be watching out for an update. Hoping to see one soon!

- Death

This chapter needs some grammar clean up, although that may be a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Also, it's nice to see this story update. I still love it.

Although I would like to add that I don't think that Chrisc is in love with Chris. Their bond always struck me as more of a friendship. Well, at least to Chris. Maybe he'll have to give his Yeerk a "we're just friends" speech. That would be fun to see.

okay, the last sentence of this chapter had me grinning :D

this story is actually really interesting please update soon.

Isn't SPAM a type of meat? Of sorts? I guess in emergencies, Hork-Bajir are capable of digesting *some* meat.

Great job depicting the war-torn scene.

And so it's getting really close to the end of the series although I'm sure that won't be anywhere near the end of this story since there are so many things to sort out. I wonder why Exas cares that Chris is gay. Is he just trying to see if Okath is in any way sympathetic? Exas is kind of obnoxious but I'm not looking forward to him dying because of what it will mean for Jake. Interesting musings from Okath on whether or not he has any of Jake's talent but, of course, we'll never know. So DOES Okath have feelings for Chris? That should complicate things since he and Eric appear to be happy. Okath/Chris has more development but Eric/Chris is the one where both parties are sure of their feelings. Okath is just now wondering about this and I don't think this has ever occured to Chris. Now I'm wondering what the end-game pairing will be.

Awesome