[Ah. That... is kind of the reaction he's always assumed he'd get. He knows he sounds young. And he could argue that technically he's an 'adult' in hawk terms, but... he's aware that's bull and it'll sound like bull.]
[The response is again silence for a few more seconds before he responds.]
<When your home is under attack and only you and a few others have the strength to stand up to it, what else can you do? Let everyone - including people you care about - get either killed or enslaved? Let your whole... world get destroyed because you're thought of as lesser?>
[He's not sure how much he should say, but... it kind of all comes tumbling out of him.]
<No. I might be young, but I'm not going down without a fight. Maybe a few years ago I would have, but... not anymore. I have people I want to protect. I have a reason to fight.>
[For Elfangor. For Rachel. For the other Animorphs. For the person Taylor could have been. For everyone who was a bullied kid like him who needs a second chance.]
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[Ah. That... is kind of the reaction he's always assumed he'd get. He knows he sounds young. And he could argue that technically he's an 'adult' in hawk terms, but... he's aware that's bull and it'll sound like bull.]
[The response is again silence for a few more seconds before he responds.]
<When your home is under attack and only you and a few others have the strength to stand up to it, what else can you do? Let everyone - including people you care about - get either killed or enslaved? Let your whole... world get destroyed because you're thought of as lesser?>
[He's not sure how much he should say, but... it kind of all comes tumbling out of him.]
<No. I might be young, but I'm not going down without a fight. Maybe a few years ago I would have, but... not anymore. I have people I want to protect. I have a reason to fight.>
[For Elfangor. For Rachel. For the other Animorphs. For the person Taylor could have been. For everyone who was a bullied kid like him who needs a second chance.]