lots of great writing here.
this is probably my favorite description of an andalite in the series:
“he was a blue-furred centaur with a pair of extra eyes on movable stalks and a tail like a chef’s knife tied to the end of a bullwhip.”
spoilers
Finding arbron again is strange. weird that he is still a nothlit, weird that he has become the leader of his adopted species.
“come on cassie, show me where to go next.” is such a great show don’t tell apology by Jake.
It’s so great that Jake trusts Cassie again and everybody else can see that she was right to let Tom take the morphing cube.
finally! it’s been awful seeing her get treated like a traitor for so long.
and Jake basically asks Cassie to marry him, which is great.
I very much like the moment Tom realizes Jake is alive and the visser sarcastically congratulates Tom on his astute observation.
i also really like how the visser is completely aware and resigned to his fate. I wish he was a little more realistic and not so goofy as an evil son of a bitch most of the series.