Oh man, Tom really looks up to Sam. Like a lot. He's taller, smarter, stronger and on Rogue Squadron, perfect role model material.
But at the same time, Sam occupies a very narrow selection of humanity that understands what he's going through, even if Schmuz is a far different Yeerk from either of the two Tom has played host to. He likes Sam, and Sam fits into his little safe sphere of FAMILY.
Iniss is very wary of Sam. He knows that Sam and Dean collectively could be very dangerous, if he crosses them or even just irritates them. And that's just them as people, not considering positions. At the same time he probably likes Sam second best of any other human on the ship. He can see that Sam is very practical and very USEFUL. So long as he can avoid offending him.
So they both kinda like him, Iniss just likes him with a lot of innate distrust of the good nature of humanity and a large amount of distrust towards anything that seems headed in a familial direction.
Re: Tom/Iniss
But at the same time, Sam occupies a very narrow selection of humanity that understands what he's going through, even if Schmuz is a far different Yeerk from either of the two Tom has played host to. He likes Sam, and Sam fits into his little safe sphere of FAMILY.
Iniss is very wary of Sam. He knows that Sam and Dean collectively could be very dangerous, if he crosses them or even just irritates them. And that's just them as people, not considering positions. At the same time he probably likes Sam second best of any other human on the ship. He can see that Sam is very practical and very USEFUL. So long as he can avoid offending him.
So they both kinda like him, Iniss just likes him with a lot of innate distrust of the good nature of humanity and a large amount of distrust towards anything that seems headed in a familial direction.