the animorphs

[instar]

Renée is gone in the morning, a pot of maple oatmeal for the girls and Trouble cooling on the stove and a note on the fridge, she's going to be gone all day on a day trip to Tucson with her friends.

Andi wakes up first. Bella's not far behind.

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[instar]

"I don't know how well it'd work. It depends on things we don't know about how Yeerks react to injured hosts. But yes, I thought of it."

[aeskhyne]

Trouble giggles.

[instar]

"It has the additional disadvantage of not generalizing well."

[aeskhyne]

"Mm, true."

[instar]

"On a related note, we are curious how good an anaesthetic acquisition trance is."

[aeskhyne]

He perks up some more. "Ooh. Yeah, I think Robin might've mentioned something while I was down there. I'll go see."

And down he goes into the basement! That basement is having an exciting day today.

[instar]

"Have fun," Bella calls after him.

[aeskhyne]

"You bet!" he calls back.

[pandion]

"I know sooooo much more than I needed to know about so many things."

[hold_infinity]

It's another few minutes before Robin comes up and hands Bella a short page of notes.

"To summarize: It doesn't make anything hurt less, but it makes you care less about it hurting," she says. "Trouble, who already likes pain, can barely tell the difference. Ethan says there's a world of difference. I'm somewhere in between."

[instar]

"Interesting. So, worth acquiring a Yeerk shortly before squishing it. Thank you."

[hold_infinity]

Robin shrugs. "No problem."