It's not clear yet if it's only due to the status effect or some other reason, but those who were... ah, "freed" from their equipment may be susceptible as well, no?

--Hey.

[Matoba jerks backwards with a surprisingly nimble lunge, brandishing Oriade like the squeaky frog man is going to save him.]

[He's here for science but not when he is the science!! (Even though he's curious to know, too...)]