The Animorphs tried adding to their number once before.

It went poorly.

But nothing is going well any more. So now, perhaps, it’s time for some reinforcements.

The only reinforcements the Animorphs can universally assume not to be Controllers.

It’s quite the idea–and quite the risk, both for the Animorphs and for Applegate.

But as Jake said, it’s our planet. All of our planet.