#ani 7

On the other hand, I also have so many thoughts about the butterfly effect of destroying the Kandrona in 7. In 8 we see the obvious: the deaths of yeerks. But we also see that for every Derane 344 there's also an Eslin 359 - a Yeerk made disillusioned and resentful by Visser Three's "leadership" who makes choices now with the knowledge of how their empire makes decisions.

There's the Mr. Pardues who manage to make a scene before dying. Did any manage to have at least one bystander understand their message? Did some escape like the woman from MM1? How many were voluntary hosts before the empire abandoned their yeerks to starve? Did volunteers in a less expendable position start having second thoughts they shared with their own yeerks? On that note, how well did the real Chapman know Mr. Pardue?

And of course the effects of learning the empire will kill freed hosts has effects on how the Animorphs continue their own war efforts. Would they have tried some reckless plan to save Tom early on if they didn't have this new knowledge looming over his situation causing them to take more caution?

I guess every kid has times he wants to just get away. But I had the power to do it. I could even get away from myself.

Okay, okay, Rachel's using "he" like a singular they for a generic single-person pronoun. Nothing to see here, right?

When my mom was pregnant with my littlest sister, Sara, I overheard my parents talking. My mom was saying maybe this time she would have a boy. "I know you've always wanted a boy," she told my dad. "Oh, come on," he answered. "That was years ago. I thought I had to have a boy to do all the fun 'dad' stuff with. But I have Rachel. She's as good as any boy. She's already tougher than most boys her age. Have you seen the vaults she can do?" My mom groaned. "Don't ever let her heat you say that. Little girls do not want to be told they are just as good as a boy." But she was wrong. I know it was sexist and all, but I still thought it was great. My dad thought I was as tough as any boy. Cool.

That was in the same chapter as the above. And two chapters later...

There were two, a male and female pair. Both were asleep, sprawled across the rocks. The male was bigger. That's what I wanted. Big. Powerful. Fearless. If I was going back to the Yeerk pool, I wanted something desperately dangerous.