THE PARASITES OF ERROR/REVOLT.

         The Parasites of Error (also known as The Parasite Revolts, or the Infested Rebellion) were primarily used to weaken and demoralize migratory hosts and exiled inhabitants of Eris, non-natives against whom the generally quick-moving and itinerant nature of such pandemic clouds would be most effective.  The widespread use of these internal contagions, and wartime advances in the composition of amnesia mimicry, sleeping sickness and similar symptoms, gave rise to the commonly expressed view of Eris as "the contaminated island".
         In East Eris science, the Parasites of Error were not solely viewed as "mistakes of anatomy” but could also be seen as differences between estimated or measured values of the individual and the accepted true, specified, or theoretically correct values.  Universal infestations were recognized to affect the judgment of oneself as well as an attitude toward the self.  This might include an inaccurate or incomplete diagnosis of beliefs and emotions such as triumph, despair, pride and shame as well as other untreated behavior caused by disease, injury, syndrome or other ailments.
         In this sense, symptoms of parasite infection may not have always been obvious and were frequently confused with other deficiencies, lacks, and miscalculations of intent. It was possible for conditions of malaise, cellular apathy and solitary desperation to occur upon initial exposure or long after exile, and by mid-island, it was assumed the vast majority of non-native inhabitants on Eris had harbored small or practical Parasites of Error for at least some transition period, during which their initiation to the island was completed.  At the perimeters of the Eris, certain pandemics were discovered with complex life-cycles and cognitive coordination, these Parasites of Error seemed capable of spreading contagious revolt through a sequence of separate hosts.

          Jillison said the early gods were insect sized, which gave them even more power, as they controlled giants rather than miniatures.  She said heaven could be a pore in the skin, a cluster of small pockets and openings, and no one would ever know the difference.