An oversimplification, but a forgivable one, given Leon's experience with them.
[He sighs, though.]
We call them las plagas, where I grew up.
[Which, okay. Calling it The Plagues isn't MUCH better than calling it mind control spiders.]
I wanted to find a way to neutralize its negative effects. I wanted to study how it worked, the way it connected to the host's nervous system, to try and replicate that to help people who had suffered damage or deterioration.
[His eyes fall, and his brow furrows.]
I was naive. By the time I saw how my research was really being used, it was too late.
no subject
[He sighs, though.]
We call them las plagas, where I grew up.
[Which, okay. Calling it The Plagues isn't MUCH better than calling it mind control spiders.]
I wanted to find a way to neutralize its negative effects. I wanted to study how it worked, the way it connected to the host's nervous system, to try and replicate that to help people who had suffered damage or deterioration.
[His eyes fall, and his brow furrows.]
I was naive. By the time I saw how my research was really being used, it was too late.