Man, Tobias doesn’t get a break.

“Civil war is coming, Andalite,” she began. “Yeerk versus Yeerk. We’ve had enough of the petty Visser fights, the favoritism, the punishments . . . the Council makes us sick.”

And all that from a rather unexpected source.

“No,” she said. “It’s wrong. I won’t. I don’t want to judge you guys, but you’re talking about strategy and risk like this is some computer game. Like there aren’t others involved. Have you forgotten that we’re supposed to be in this to save lives?”

Now it makes sense. Totally a trick. But how? When? Why?