"However, the symbiont occasionally, and in very few mechanthropes, seems to exert its own will and power over the host. The affliction is indicated by the host taking on some unusual appearance in human and/or root form and exhibiting uncharacteristic aggression. Violence to non-human animals has occasionally been observed. Symbiont-carrying humans, whether or not they are mechanthropic, are confirmed to be safe from serious harm, but not from their generalized aggression… Hosts who are aware enough immediately after the episode commonly report a sensation of feeling powerful and dominant but without much context beyond that. "