<...You know, I'd completely forgotten that that could be a concern. Revolt, I mean.>
[Esplin had to worry about Yeerks becoming dissatisfied, and that had come back on him very badly, but hosts? It was easier when hosts accepted their fates, but the others were handled simply enough with restraints and drugs and food, in the case of the Taxxons. Though the Taxxons, too, had come as a surprise. Maybe it's more that Alloran has forgotten that he is able to keep secrets and act without someone knowing.]
<And I take it we don't have handlers or better monitoring because overconfidence and incompetence are old shorms, rarely seen apart.>
[He listens with great interest.]
<How long ago was that? It seems there are a lot of remnants of the old regime still here.>
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[Esplin had to worry about Yeerks becoming dissatisfied, and that had come back on him very badly, but hosts? It was easier when hosts accepted their fates, but the others were handled simply enough with restraints and drugs and food, in the case of the Taxxons. Though the Taxxons, too, had come as a surprise. Maybe it's more that Alloran has forgotten that he is able to keep secrets and act without someone knowing.]
<And I take it we don't have handlers or better monitoring because overconfidence and incompetence are old shorms, rarely seen apart.>
[He listens with great interest.]
<How long ago was that? It seems there are a lot of remnants of the old regime still here.>