“It pains me to do this to you.” (Project: Undefined) ☣️
“Impressive as you are, Miss Embers, your physical peak has caught up to your mental limit—one that all humans have, regardless of outside interference. It all begins in the mind, then everything else follows. Including that parasite you carry. Or should I say, parasites.”
[EMMA GASPS, COUGHING OUT BLOOD, TRYING TO REGENERATE FROM THE RELENTLESS WOUNDS THANTOS GAVE HER]
“Yes, the one inside you is a hivemind instigator, capable of developing into a producer of the Totum in large numbers. Given time and the biomass it collects, which you've unknowingly been feeding when you transformed and killed while in that form—all while keeping a host intact and safe.
Of course, this wasn't possible because no human could survive such a symbiosis without total brain trauma. But since you were infected with the Gurren virus as well, you survived. And you’ve been mutating constantly, unknowingly, with every step and turn you take in this city.”
[TEARS BEGIN WELLING UP IN HER EYES, HER CLAWED HANDS BALLING INTO FISTS]
“You wouldn't know this, unfortunately, since it wasn't documented in any of the files at the research facility where you worked before this outbreak—an outbreak Hypo orchestrated to contain you, sadly. No need to feel guilty about something you didn't know, Miss Embers.
In short, you are a walking viral outbreak capable of ending all life on Earth. As much as it pains me to do this, I'm afraid you are coming with me—whatever condition that may be, as long as the parasite keeps you alive. I'm sorry, Miss Embers.”
[THUD]