Althea noticed his discomfort and quickly stepped in to explain the specifics.
"That's a malevolent oath worm. All you have to do is ingest it to assimilate its mass. It has an especially weak will, but has a strong, compelling soul debt: To take control of your body and devour you if you renege on certain words you define in the debt," she explained. "That's where you repeat the Preceptor's order. And after the requirements have been reached without you defaulting, or breaking your words, you will reach full assimilation, and the debt of the soul mass will be rendered null and void."
Finn breathed out softly with a sigh, finally having the full picture of the matter. Effectively, as long as he didn't plan on reneging on his words, the worm would only be a temporary tenant. But that didn't help mellow the fact he still would have to swallow something so disgusting-looking.
