“Parasite” actually has the right biological connotations: feeds on the host but doesn’t want to kill the host and may actually be somewhat helpful to the host for the purposes of keeping it alive.
A highly esoteric term for the situation when the parasite gains control of the host would be “cordycepted” X-/
“Parasite” actually has the right biological connotations: feeds on the host but doesn’t want to kill the host and may actually be somewhat helpful to the host for the purposes of keeping it alive.
A highly esoteric term for the situation when the parasite gains control of the host would be “cordycepted” X-/