Yeah, that's the one single thing that's always bothered me about the ending. I absolutely LOVE the way K.A. ended the series (I'm probably in the minority on that point, but I'm still right
), but it's always frustrated me about the lack of mention of the Auxiliaries.
So, okay, Jake's grieving and working through all of his deeds. Okay. He mentions the 17,000, he mentions the more terrorist-y tactics they were using toward the end, but nothing on the hundred or so disabled kids his age and younger who he basically sent to their inevitable death?
Seems to me that would be his MAJOR grievance, y'know? Okay, the National Guard guys were sad, but they were doing a job. The 17,000 Yeerks perhaps weren't
necessary to kill, but it's understandable. Jake
knew every one of those kids was going to get blasted when he sent them in there with the troops. He knew, and he did it anyway.
Just seems that would be staining his conscience a little more than the loss of adult professional soldiers and the en-masse killing of the enemy.