Her morals say that it's better to leave David alive, they were convinced, so that's what happened. So why did 1 win vs 3? It follows the theme of the trilogy, and perhaps the whole series as well (culminating in the blue box incident): Cassie manipulated them. Are there members who would recommend or do it? Rachel, Marco, Ax. Should they have killed David right from the start? Yes. It's so common to see in fiction groups where a few members genuinely don't like/care for each other, and I'm LIVING for the positivity here We had Rachel helping Tobias way early when he was still new to being a hawk, Cassie comforting Jake when he was temporarily made Controller, Jake supporting Marco every time Visser One was involved, and here Rachel confronted Jake about feeling used and being treated as the team's killer, and Jake hears her out and actually apologizes, and they hug it out - it's just so refreshing to see a group of friends actually act like friends, and constantly show how much they care for each other.

One thing that stood out to me here - and in the series in general - is how the Animorphs as friends solve conflict (between themselves) with healthy communication, and how they open up to each other as the series progresses. #22 especially was so rough, poor Rachel, poor everyone but Rachel's crisis hit me so hard emotionally, she's my favourite so far and seeing her go through this turmoil I just wanted to reach through the pages and hug her, honestly. This is definitely a highlight of the series so far - quite the emotional roller coaster, I don't even know where to start.

Animorphs the return