Jake looked up at me in surprise. “Tobias, you were in on the planning right from the start.” <Look, don’t you guys realize how dangerous this could be?> “I realize,” Marco said. “I realize it plenty. But I thought you were the big, gung-ho Yeerk-killer. Suddenly now you’re afraid?” <I’m not afraid for me,> I said. <I’ll be flying around safely while the four of you go up into that ship> Cassie nodded. “It’s hard standing by while someone else is risking their life,” she said. “I understand how you feel. But there have been times when you were the one taking the risks.” “Look, we don’t have time to debate this,” Jake said. “We have a plan we’ve all agreed to. Let’s get on with it before the Yeerks show up.” Jake gets peevish when someone questions things after everything has already been decided. Usually it’s Marco getting on his nerves. “We’ll be okay,” Rachel said confidently. Rachel took the fish in her hand. The fish went limp, as usual, while the acquiring was happening.
