"They didn't react at all, Kat. No flinching, no retaliation, they didn't even deviate from there marching path as the other rats around them were killed. The most reaction I saw was one rat walked around a particular large chunk of another rat I'd cut up, but it just moved around it then got into formation again. This can't be normal"
"But what does it mean?" asked Kat
"I really have no idea. I don't think I've ever seen a monster fail to react at all to an attack. Even hiveminds will retaliate against an irritant, or threat reflexively. It seems a lot more like mind control" explained Kamiko
"That's a thing?" asked Kat
