“Edison’s face and torso were shredded, but that wouldn’t matter much to the grubs. Edison’s corpse was still warm and it had plenty of flesh on it, and that’s all the grubs need to take over. What Moretz wanted to know was if they could use the cat, too. Granted, the cat’s teeth were gone, along with most of its head, but the lethal claws could still do plenty of damage. “They need the complex neural pathways that exist only in humans and higher primates,” Allen said, seeming to read his though...ts. “They might be able to reanimate a gorilla, orangutan, or even a chimp, but not a cat. Just not enough intelligence.” Moretz nodded. It made sense, or else the grubs could take over anything and everything, and wouldn’t need people for hosts. While the three of them watched (although to be honest Bock was not watching much of anything as both his eyes were now gone) a cloud of huge flies descended, one by one, into the small group of trees where the two bodies lay. Each fly was about three inches long, and hundreds of them buzzed down to the corpses.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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