Mind Corruption

[Lennox]

15th of January 818 A.S.: Planet Toledo: Medical center; medical report about subjugation attempt
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07:34: "Unknown pilot, male, was brought in this morning. Had been found on the floor in his ship, alive but not well. Showed signs of unusual activity in certain areas of the brain and stomach as diagnosed by the medical team receiving him from the patrol. We immediately geared up for the worst, which I hoped would not be the case. Luckily, it wasn't."

07:47: "Examined the fluid we were able to extract from his stomach and esophagus. Liquid cardamine. Likely injected by common Nomad incubus to start an infestation process. Yet the small amount let us conclude that the incubus couldn't proceed any further or was stopped by something or someone. Immediate procedures had to take place if we wanted to save the patient. There aren't many records of cases like this, which makes him quite a lucky person. A bit more of the liquid cardamine and time and there would have been nothing we could have done."

08:20: "Extraction process started immediately as there wasn't much time left. If too much of the liquid would be absorbed by his body, we would have had no choice but to kill him. Extraction itself was very difficult but successful. Patient had been laid to rest in a separated section of the medical center."

16:30: "The damage was already done in this short amount of time. While the patient retained his human state, the changes had already been set into motion. He wasn't under danger of becoming a nomadic host, though the increase of his brain activity tipped off some of our other scientists. In addition, his metabolism is off the charts. That was eight hours after extraction of the liquid cardamine and the numbers don't seem to drop. It is probable that this condition will affect him for quite some time, if not the rest of his life."

17:51: "Patient woke up as we wanted to take another blood sample. Seemed to have quite the headache and stated he'd feel immense pain from his insides. But he seemingly knew what happened as he wasn't too surprised. Patient couldn't really talk much and therefore we let him rest after we provided him painkillers. Tomorrow, we'll be conducting more tests and hopefully find out what we're dealing with here exactly."

Signed, Dr. [RETRACTED]