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This, along with Tatsuya insisting on the safety of all humans - rather than just magicians - is further proof that he is not the cold emotionless person he often believes himself to be.18+ only. Honoka's hair ornaments begin to flash brightly, and a ball of electric energy appears to ward off the attacking Vampire. Most likely Tatsuya infused them with magic on purpose, thinking ahead of the curve yet again. Meanwhile, Pixie defends Honoka from an attacker and gets a surprise helping hand. Tatsuya uses his Trident CAD to launch a magic spell directly through the lead Vampire's body and into its heart. Blood spurts every which way from the host body, seemingly damaging the parasite as well. Whether any legitimate free will is being expressed is debatable - the parasite remains influenced by Honoka's thought processes - but it proves they are not simply evil beings.
The Pixie parasite, however, does not want to go back, making the explicit choice to stay with Tatsuya. The parasites have come to take their comrade back, claiming in return they will no longer harm magicians. This expression of individuality happens again later, when Tatsuya, Miyuki, Honoka and Pixie confront three more parasites and attempt to talk things out. When informing Tatsuya of how the parasites breed, the parasite calls it "mistaken propagation" and says there was no intent to kill anyone. Surprisingly, the Pixie parasite expresses regret. RELATED: Higurashi: Rika Breaks Character in a BIG Way Do the parasites breed out of a natural self-preservation instinct, or is there a more ominous goal? The "why," however, still remains a mystery. The parasites themselves have always escaped unscathed, but now Tatsuya knows exactly where they reside and therefore where to attack the host body: directly at the heart. In previous battles, he and his comrades could only deal damage to the parasites' host bodies, or the Vampires. If the process fails, as is more often the case, the human dies and the parasite must seek a different host. Each parasite cuts off a small part of itself which goes in and spreads throughout a body's blood vessels, exchanging itself for the human's blood. If the parasite successfully accesses the body's mental state, the human becomes a Vampire. Amidst all the strategic maneuvering, Tatsuya visits the Pixie parasite on his own and learns the reason they infiltrate human and magician bodies: to breed.
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