The alien's many-fingered hand is the last to be placed on a side of the box. A sort of pleasant shock runs through all five of the kids.

<You must never -> The Andalite's stalk eyes still in their search. <The Yeerks are coming; we are running out of time. Never remain in morph for more than - two hours. Never. If you do you will be trapped, unable to demorph, in the form you overstay. Now run. The Yeerks -> One of his stalk eyes twitches. <Visser Three is with them. They must not catch you.>