I had stayed silent throughout the discussion, partly distracted by mulling over tigers and lions and bears. Now I snapped to attention. I was thrilled with the simple information Ax had provided us with about thought speech and time measuring. How could we lose with a powerful ally on side? I addressed Tobias,
"OK. Did he say anything else?" I thought about the meeting. If there were any Yeerks there it could be trouble. "Did he say anything about how we would be there? In morph, or...?" If we were there as people, if we got caught we could be tracked down. If we were observing as animals, they would have no idea. But there was only so much that could be done as an eagle. You can't speak as a bird. It would be impossible for us to interact with anyone, which could be equally important. "I mean, maybe some of us should go in morph and some of us should go in normally." Anyone in morph could eavesdrop, anyone human could try and draw out information from others. And then... "Or should we get battle morphs?" We had 3 and a half hours and Cassie's parents had access to the Gardens...I felt stupid for forgetting that as well as their barn they also worked at the Gardens. "If we get them as soon as possible, we should be prepared for this meeting, right?"
Sure, it would be good if everyone could defend themselves, but really I just wanted to get power. I wanted to be able to kick alien butt.