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Okay I normally don't do this but I need to clarify publically. Since the message was sent to me anyways I figure I might as well shed some light on it for all of you.
(This was sent to me from TRUNKZ)
Your rite of wat the flood are... bout them being parasites and all. but these squid lookng parasites use us as host rite? but whoever gets infectd, is not alive. and if they wer then ther be ugly lookng humans vs infectd elites.(that would be cool) but ther infectd, walkng, n' killng, and very much dead. i dont thnk a human could run around wit both arms bown off. and an infected Elite running around wit its head blown off. so just thnk, nothng be walkng round wit no heads, unless they were dead... dont get mad cause im right, but so are you. your talkng bout the Flood's orginal form, im talkng bout its Flood that infectd its Host. The Host!
latr dawg, Peace Out!
First off, yes I am right about what the Flood are. They are muta-genic parasites. The Infection form infects the host generally while they are alive. They can do so once they are dead, but normally the host is knocked unconscious and then taken. At least that is the only real way I see it working out.
As for the "ugly looking humans" yeah they become ugly because the Flood Infection Form alters the genetic structuring of the host to make it one suitable for furthur Flood reprodcution. Now there was an instance where the human was still alive and conscious while infected, ie Private Jenkins and Captain Keyes(God rest their imaginary souls). They went through Hell and back while under the control of their Flood parasites. Of course their former bodies were under the control of the Flood, but they still felt everything that was going on.
Because of these two examples I am willing to bet that more of those infected had similar results. Now continuing on with your "walking and killing and very much dead. "
Yes they are walking and killing, but they are very much alive. Even after limbs and heads are blown off. They are also very intelligent. I'd even go so far as to say they are far superior in intellect to us Humans and Covenant. Why? Because the Flood get all of their knowledge from their hosts. They go from host to breeding to new host and I believe that they maintain their former intelligences and pass them on to the next generation of Flood forms. Which over several generations would make them very smart.
I know you were talking about the host and so was I. I'll leave it up to Bungie and my fellow more aspired Halo theologists to determine myself being more in the right than you.