In this book we learn about the Chee and their creators, the Pemalites. What is your first impression of these two races?
LOVE them. I'm a huge fan of any humanoid dog-like creatures. There's a reason Anubis is my favorite of the Egyptian gods.
Do you think that it was a good decision for the Pemalites to prohibit violence in the Chee?
It was good at the time, because they couldn't have a Terminator situation and have the machines launch a rebellion.
One of the Chee, Chee-loros, makes the argument that the Animorphs cannot allow Erek to change his programming because they have never harmed another creature. Do you think that, given this fact, the Animorphs had no business helping Erek get the Pemalite Crystal? Or were they justified in their actions?
Totally justified. It's not like they were forcing Erek to become violent - HE wanted it. Freedom is the right of all sentient beings, and that means Free-Will as well.
The Chee 'grafted' the Pemalite soul into wolves, to create dogs. What the heck does that mean?
It means pretty much that dogs have a part of that race in them, spiritually.
Do you think that Erek made a good decision to revert his programming back to include the prohibition on violence? Or did that decision just mean that the Animorphs almost died for nothing?
Not sure what I think of the decision itself, however they didn't almost die for nothing as they had still needed to get that crystal out of Yeerk hands in order to save Earth.
