Because that was exactly what the Jacob Family's Marauder Half-God had done in the original story.
Only, back then, He had been "ambushed" by Klein, who had blown up the sewer with explosives. In desperation, He had been forced to parasitize a rat. But the situation that night probably hadn't been quite that urgent...
Not necessarily!
I only thought it wasn't urgent from my own perspective. But from His perspective, once His whereabouts were exposed, even if the other party didn't come for revenge, simply reporting Him to the Church would have been enough to land Him in serious trouble.
So He might very well have made the same choice as in the original story. After all, He didn't know someone else already knew the "plot" and knew He would choose to parasitize a rat.
That was what you called a "cognitive blind spot."
Always assuming that others knew what you knew.
Akasha narrowed her eyes and smiled. "All right, now that business is out of the way, want me to show you around and look at some beauties?"
"That won't be necessary."
"You don't like men, do you?"
"Absolutely not!"
She raised an eyebrow. "Even an idiot obsessed with suits like Rallard often finds excuses to drop by my place, yet you're not interested?"
"I have a girlfriend."
"Oh~~ So you're an innocent, devoted romantic."
She laughed. "Just like my dad. What a shame. It was precisely because of that that he chose to die with Mom, even though he had a chance to escape."
"Hey, if it were me, I'd run without hesitation! Even if I wanted to die for love, I'd wait until I'd gotten revenge!"
Edward said earnestly, "I agree with you."
Akasha raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Mm~ Not bad! If I were a man,