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"Could we win?" Cassie asked. That stopped everyone. She stepped into the center of the group. "Could we win? Could we save an entire sentient species? And maybe help ourselves, too? Maybe weaken the Yeerks in some way only the Ellimist understands? Seems to me that's the question. I mean, you know, I'm not Rachel. I hate fighting. 27 But the Ellimist put an entire race on the scale. An entire race. Maybe millions, maybe billions. And we're even asking ourselves if we should? How do you not at least try?" "Iskoort?" Marco jeered. "Now it's our job to save Iskoort? What the . . . what is an Iskoort?" He looked at Ax, hands apart, questioning. Ax shook his head. It's a habit he's picked up from us. Of course, he does it while holding his stalk eyes still, so it's a bit different. Normally, on big issues like this I don't push my opinions out there. a leader can do is let others work things out for themselves. But I had to say something. "I think ... I think there may be something else going on here, with the Ellimist choosing us." Everyone stared at me. Marco narrowed his eyes. "The Ellimist said something about you seeing this Crayak." "I saw him. When the Yeerk died in my head, I saw him. And he saw me. And since then . . . since then I've had dreams." Dead silence. I wished I'd kept my mouth shut. "Look, I ... you know, dreams are weird. Like who knows if they're ever real? But these feel real. And in the 28 dreams I see him. Crayak." I shook my head. "I know this sounds crazy." "Uh, Jake?" Marco said. "We've been over the line into crazy since Elfangor said, 'Hey, kids, wanna turn into animals?'" I smiled. That was not exactly what Elfangor had said. "I just feel like these dreams aren't totally just dreams. I see him. And he sees me. And |
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