It's an alien thing.
I walked back towards where it had been. I reached my hand forward.
My hand disappeared!
I pulled it back, and looked at Ax.
A hologram.
"Oh. Well, let's have a look at this Machine."
Jake stepped in front of me and disappeared. Marco disappeared. Rachel disappeared.
Then I stepped forward. I guess I disappeared too.
The machine was right there.
The Animorphs examined it, looking it over. Ax went up the stairs, with a little help from Cassie.
This control panel is strange.
"Ax, can you tell us what this thing is?"
Ax turned on stalk eye towards Jake, one towards me, and kept his main eyes on the panel.
I don't know. I've never seen anything like it.
Suddenly, Cassie yelled from the other side of the Machine,
"Hey! Here are the eggs!"
We rushed over there. Yes, there were the cardboard boxes of eggs. I opened one, and took out an egg.
"Jake, I just thought of something. These things don't hatch for almost a year, right?"
"Yeah."
I took an egg, and walked back to the front of the machine. Looking at the machine carefully, I thought a moment.
"Ax, could you figure out how to turn this thing on?"
Of course. thought Ax, and his telepathy sounded a little hurt.
"Go up there, and turn it on when I say."
Prince Jake?
Jake gave me a strange look, and then told Ax to do what I said. I don't think Jake liked me giving orders.
I put the egg into one of the holes in the tray. It fit perfectly. I climbed up on the tray and adjusted the pointer end of the microscope-looking thing to point at the egg.
I jumped off.
"Ok, Ax, turn it on please."
Ax did something to the panel. The thing that pointed at the egg started to glow. Then, the glow shot out at the egg. The egg grew bigger as the glow enwrapped it. It grew to be about eight inches long, then the spots grew dark.
"Turn it off! Now!"
Ax turned it off.
I picked up the egg, and went up to the platform.
"Ax, how old is this egg?"
Ax picked it up, and his eyes went wide.(All four of them.)
This egg looks about forty to fifty weeks old!
I looked down at Jake.
He was looking at everyone else. I said it first.
"This thing, this Machine, is like a giant incubator! They can hatch all of these Hork-Bajir in seconds!"
I walked back towards where it had been. I reached my hand forward.
My hand disappeared!
I pulled it back, and looked at Ax.
A hologram.
"Oh. Well, let's have a look at this Machine."
Jake stepped in front of me and disappeared. Marco disappeared. Rachel disappeared.
Then I stepped forward. I guess I disappeared too.
The machine was right there.
The Animorphs examined it, looking it over. Ax went up the stairs, with a little help from Cassie.
This control panel is strange.
"Ax, can you tell us what this thing is?"
Ax turned on stalk eye towards Jake, one towards me, and kept his main eyes on the panel.
I don't know. I've never seen anything like it.
Suddenly, Cassie yelled from the other side of the Machine,
"Hey! Here are the eggs!"
We rushed over there. Yes, there were the cardboard boxes of eggs. I opened one, and took out an egg.
"Jake, I just thought of something. These things don't hatch for almost a year, right?"
"Yeah."
I took an egg, and walked back to the front of the machine. Looking at the machine carefully, I thought a moment.
"Ax, could you figure out how to turn this thing on?"
Of course. thought Ax, and his telepathy sounded a little hurt.
"Go up there, and turn it on when I say."
Prince Jake?
Jake gave me a strange look, and then told Ax to do what I said. I don't think Jake liked me giving orders.
I put the egg into one of the holes in the tray. It fit perfectly. I climbed up on the tray and adjusted the pointer end of the microscope-looking thing to point at the egg.
I jumped off.
"Ok, Ax, turn it on please."
Ax did something to the panel. The thing that pointed at the egg started to glow. Then, the glow shot out at the egg. The egg grew bigger as the glow enwrapped it. It grew to be about eight inches long, then the spots grew dark.
"Turn it off! Now!"
Ax turned it off.
I picked up the egg, and went up to the platform.
"Ax, how old is this egg?"
Ax picked it up, and his eyes went wide.(All four of them.)
This egg looks about forty to fifty weeks old!
I looked down at Jake.
He was looking at everyone else. I said it first.
"This thing, this Machine, is like a giant incubator! They can hatch all of these Hork-Bajir in seconds!"