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"I can't be sure, but I have this feeling Jake hasn't morphed since . . . since." "It gives you a different perspective," I said. "I mean, I've often wondered if allowing someone to morph to dolphin or falcon or whatever might not be a good way to let them put the little stuff in perspective." "Morph therapy? I think I feel another bestselling book coming on. Oh, man, Oprah would eat that up. And you know the Andalites are saying now they may make morphing technology more widely available on Earth."
Efter att ha diskuterat att använda morphs för att rehabilitera människor, och bara sett att Jake avslöjade sin PTSD vid försöket, var det bara meningsfullt att laget tog Jake i sin favoritmorf - och de var tvungna att göra det mot hans kommer, för att han var i en helt annan tankegång.
Marco stavar ut sin anledning att vara där på stranden:
"I guess you guys think you're clever," I said, squeegeeing water out of my hair. "More like desperate," Marco said. "You've had your head up your butt for a long time, Jake. Which is your business. Unless it's our business. Like when you screw up testifying against Visser One."
Dessutom verkar spelningen uppenbarligen; För första gången i boken är Jake upphetsad och glad i dolphin morph:
Down and down, and up, up, up, into the sky! Again! Down and up, so fast, as fast as I could go. As high as I could fly. Again. Again. Again. The dolphin body was beginning to tire, but I didn't care. I wanted to be tired. I wanted to drain every last ounce of energy from the creature as I flew and splashed and flew again.