EXCERPT FROM NE-BETA PARASITE LABORATORY TESTS (CODENAME: NE-β)

DAY 13

The parasite is now controlling the specimen!

We initially believed the parasite was feasting on the juices from
within the specimen’s carcass, sucking them up a number of
proboscis-like tubes. But as we continued the trials and extended the
duration periods the results were staggering.

In truth, the parasite was hacking straight into the infected’s central
nervous system, straight into its spinal column and controlling it
directly. The parasite effectively became it’s ‘brain’. Or, as one of my
colleagues put it, the parasite is driving the specimen like a
two-legged vehicle.

We have observed the parasitic couple nearly all day today, and there
seems to be no further developments.

Dr. Turner