My big question is how/why was Aftran aloud to live?! I highly doubt that the yeerk governmental system would just say, "oh, that Aftran, yeah, she decided she didn't want to fight in the war anymore. She is just going to kind of sit it out on the sidelines. That's fine isn't it?" Before anyone says that maybe the government didn't know, considering the logistics of required in maintaining an ordely flow when it comes to infesting hosts, I am willing to bet that the yeerk government knew exactly where each and every yeerk is/ is supposed to be. They'd have to, considering how many there are and how orderly the whole yeerk/host system has to be in order for it not to break down.