<I'm a what now?> Andi asks when she's remorphed.

<You have a talent for controlled and rapid morphing,> he says.

<I didn't know that was, like, a thing, I thought it was just me.>

<Calling for help,> says Ax. <Isn't that how you found me? I thought I would reach others from the rest of the ship - I suppose they've all fallen.> The shark doesn't really do body language, but he is sad.

<Yeah. We met one of the other survivors. Then Visser Three ate him,> says Trouble. <By what were you doing there I mean, how did you get there? Visser Three was bragging about watching your ship burn; I don't think the Yeerks even know you're here.>

<Visser Three is an abomination,> hisses Ax. <The ship did not burn. The Dome fell intact; I was the only one in it. Who - who did you meet?> he asks.

<Elfangor. I liked him.>

<I'm sorry too,> says Trouble. <I really did like him.>

<He died fighting,> Bella adds. <And giving us information so we could fight too.>

Ax is silent for a moment, then says, <My brother was a great warrior. Beloved by his cousins and feared by his enemies. I do not understand why he gave you the ability to morph - it is never done - but it seems like he has.>

<I'm pretty sure he was out of other options,> says Trouble. <Why's it never done?>

<It... Andalites do not share technology.>

<Except when they do, apparently?> says Andi.

<Huh,> says Trouble.

<Well,> says Bella, <Elfangor morphboxed us all, and we kept the box and added Charlie since then.>

<Oh.>

Trouble... is silent.

There is the shore. The Swan family beaches itself and demorphs.

"Oh - Aximili - can you understand English?" Andi asks when she's almost done, pitch-black hair sprouting from her head and assuming its usual color like a bizarre salon product commercial.

<I have a translation implant. It has this language already,> says Ax, demorphing and wading out of the water onto the beach. He shakes his hooves once he's out of the surf and standing all four on sand.