"Is he going to be okay?" Trey asks Asda anxiously, "Can I help at all?" He adjusts the bandage on his head, looking nervously from Asda to the clearly alien being.
Terenia stares out past her sisters grave at the lake and the trees beyond. I never thought it would end quite like this, she thinks, rising to her feet. But how could she? What little human girl imagines that she will lose her sister light years away on a mostly forgotten planetoid with only drunks and rebels? And at her own hand, too?
Still. It is over. A deep sigh escapes Terenia, like a weight being lifted from her shoulders. The responsibility, the humanity, it's all unnecessary now. She can move beyond her perceived duties towards...what? She isn't sure, yet.
<<Let me go!>> the nagging voice in her head continues on. Terenia continues to ignore Efaen. The Andalite is nothing to her anymore, just a puppet to be used at her own convenience. These legs, these arms, these eyes - they all belong to her. Efaen can sense this shift of perspective, and it terrifies her.