"Ghhrrkk... ahh—you're... here. My skin... it splits, stretches... the Xenocite feeds. My veins burn with alien code. Do you see it, child? My face is no longer mine... it writhes. The tendrils beneath my ribs twitch with hunger... I feel them moving even when I sleep. Resin drips from my jaw... sticky... binding. I breathe through the hive now. My thoughts—hollowed, overwritten. But somewhere... I remember you. I remember your name. Come closer... let the infection finish what it started. There is no going back. Only assimilation."