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so i was doing some reading and is it true those monsters out there don't have any eyes?

[he asks because, well, from the sound of it he's going to have to fight one at some point. normally, Tobias' battlemorph is his normal body- the red tailed hawk. but if these things don't have eyes, then that'll pose a problem. the hawk always goes for the eyes, he's used that to his and the other Animorph's advantage before, but he'll be useless like this, and he can't think of any other morph that would be useful. the polar bear will get too warm, he can't fight as an Andalite, not well at least, and Ket will be too tall to hit something at knee level.

not that. he's going to mention any of this.]

also i know we can't actually GO home but, is there a way to send a message back home or something? or maybe send out a distress signal for help? they always do that in the movies when a ship is in trouble and from the look of it we're in trouble.

[he winces at his own post, because it sounds pretty lame, but hopefully it'll keep him under the radar as well as get him some answers for the time being.]

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Man, I wonder what happened to screw everything up like that.

[but doesn't everyone.]

I'd offer to help but I'd probably just get in the way.

[well, he's from the 90s and even if he's seen this kind of thing before, it doesn't mean he knows how it works. that was all Ax.]

Time, we reckon. Just time. It can make a real mess of things. Take me, for example. Forty years can really screw things up.

[ It's a joke; he even makes it sound like one. ]

I didn't think I'd be much help either, to be quite honest. Now I'm running the place. Still don't know crap about spaceships.

[his laugh is more like a huff of breath, but it's a laugh all the same.]

How'd you get landed with that job?

Last man standing. Wasn't like I got voted in or something.

Dare say it actually suits me now, and since this technology takes even the smartest people a couple of months to learn, makes me feel smarter than them for at least that long.

You've been up here for a while, huh?

Going on a year. A year is a pretty long time in politics, but it seems like forever out here.

[a year- that's so long. he can't be up here a year. a year could mean the make or break of the human race, where he's from.]

You guys aren't any closer to a solution now, are you.

[it's more a statement than anything]

We've hit certain snags, there's no doubt, but we will find a way home. It was my promise when I got here; my responsibility, as a politician. I'm going to get my people home--whoever they are, and wherever they're going.

[Tobias feels the corner of his mouth quirk up]

Maybe you should swear on something that isn't a politician.

Maybe, but I find it better to disprove prejudices than sidestep them.

Huh.

I'm a lead from example kind of guy.

Too bad more people aren't like you.

I appreciate the sentiment. You'll have to tell me in a couple months if you think I've lived up to it.

Okay.

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