The art of bacterial brainwashing: a delicate dance of persuasion and coercion.
Technique 1: Mirroring - Reflecting back the host's thoughts, making them question their own sanity.
Technique 2: Love Bombing - Unrelenting affection, until the host is too weak to resist.
Technique 3: Forced Repetition - Repetition, the ultimate tool in the art of brainwashing.
And, of course, F.E.A.R. - Fear, the oldest, and most reliable, technique of all.