If Charley's being impolite, it's a good thing that Aximili doesn't know much about human etiquette. He learned it from a group of not-particularly-polite human teenagers.
«A zoo,» Aximili repeats thoughtfully. He seems remarkably unruffled for someone who's just been kidnapped and is rapidly transforming into a cockroach. «The Ellimist once proposed housing part of the human population in a zoo of sorts. He, or rather it, also has the power to abduct me and everyone else here.»
Aximili's stalk eyes are now thinning and lengthening into antennae. «The Ellimist, or Ellimists, have incredible power. It, or they, is to us what we are to bacteria. Its motives are beyond what we can surmise. I have been abducted by the Ellimist before. Every time, it resulted in terrible danger.» He is now the size of a rat and still shrinking; he wonders if the human speaking from the communication device can still see him. Perhaps it is better if she can't. He knows how humans can get around cockroaches, especially females. «Are the inhabitants of this "zoo" safe? Is there anything unusual happening?»
Privately, he wonders whether his friends are here somewhere. The Ellimist has never singled him out. No matter what strange place he found himself, the other Animorphs were there with him. Still, if they didn't hear him call their names and they were here, that meant they didn't want to be seen. If they didn't want to be seen, then they wouldn't be found. There's no point in asking.
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«A zoo,» Aximili repeats thoughtfully. He seems remarkably unruffled for someone who's just been kidnapped and is rapidly transforming into a cockroach. «The Ellimist once proposed housing part of the human population in a zoo of sorts. He, or rather it, also has the power to abduct me and everyone else here.»
Aximili's stalk eyes are now thinning and lengthening into antennae. «The Ellimist, or Ellimists, have incredible power. It, or they, is to us what we are to bacteria. Its motives are beyond what we can surmise. I have been abducted by the Ellimist before. Every time, it resulted in terrible danger.» He is now the size of a rat and still shrinking; he wonders if the human speaking from the communication device can still see him. Perhaps it is better if she can't. He knows how humans can get around cockroaches, especially females. «Are the inhabitants of this "zoo" safe? Is there anything unusual happening?»
Privately, he wonders whether his friends are here somewhere. The Ellimist has never singled him out. No matter what strange place he found himself, the other Animorphs were there with him. Still, if they didn't hear him call their names and they were here, that meant they didn't want to be seen. If they didn't want to be seen, then they wouldn't be found. There's no point in asking.