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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8162885" data-attributes="member: 57383">Hmm, that's an interesting point.A mindless creature might not be able to distinguish impulses from the worry-wart's network from those of its own nerves, so the nibish-riule could theoretically steer its host around by feeding it messages such as &quot;nice food over there!&quot; or &quot;danger in front of you!&quot;A non-sapient sentient (Intelligence 1 or 2?) could have difficulty distinguishing its own ideas from the nibish-riule's, so might act out whichever suits its temperament and situation the best - for example, a wolf would likely give &quot;hunting that juicy rabbit&quot;&nbsp; a higher priority than &quot;investigating those queer ruins&quot; no matter how interesting the worry-wart finds said ruins.At a certain intelligence (maybe 3 or higher?), the host will know the &quot;voice in its head&quot; is not its own and presumably reacts as a sapient creature would according to its personality - trying to ignore or argue with the worry-wart, thinking its possessed and seeking an exorcist, hailing the nibish-riule as a &quot;god from beyond&quot;, or however else it responds to symbiotic network infection.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8162885, member: 57383"] Hmm, that's an interesting point. A mindless creature might not be able to distinguish impulses from the worry-wart's network from those of its own nerves, so the [I]nibish-riule[/I] could theoretically steer its host around by feeding it messages such as "nice food over there!" or "danger in front of you!" A non-sapient sentient (Intelligence 1 or 2?) could have difficulty distinguishing its own ideas from the [I]nibish-riule's[/I], so might act out whichever suits its temperament and situation the best - for example, a wolf would likely give "hunting that juicy rabbit" a higher priority than "investigating those queer ruins" no matter how interesting the worry-wart finds said ruins. At a certain intelligence (maybe 3 or higher?), the host will know the "voice in its head" is not its own and presumably reacts as a sapient creature would according to its personality - trying to ignore or argue with the worry-wart, thinking its possessed and seeking an exorcist, hailing the [I]nibish-riule[/I] as a "god from beyond", or however else it responds to symbiotic network infection. [/QUOTE]

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