You know, I always thought you were a good kid, smarter than your grades showed, maybe meant for something bigger. Even went out of my way to keep you out of trouble as per your brother's deal with me to keep his family safe. I guess that era of our relationship is over now. Mores the pity.

I think you forgot something very vital in your little appeal; not everyone is going to have the same care and compassion for your brother as you do, Jake. And Tom is still in here. There are people on this ship that will just see the yeerk, and not the human, and the loss of one petty human life as an acceptable cost for killing a yeerk.

Remember that.