Cassie came back inside and Ax left again, though I knew he wouldn't go
far. "Where's Jake?" Illarim made me ask.
"He went to get the others," Cassie answered.
Ask her how it went, I said, my thoughts tense and clipped.
"Katie wishes to know how it went," my voice said.
Cassie bit her lip. "I'm not sure. He doesn't understand why you did it, and is afraid to let you go because of the security risk you would be now, even if what you say *is* the truth."
Can I talk a bit? I asked.
Sure.
"This is Katie. Do... Do you think there is any hope? I know Rachel is going to flip out when you tell her. Marco not quite as much, but he will too."
Cassie looked surprised.
"I know how they'll act," I said. "I've read your books so many times it's like I've known you guys forever, even though I just met you. That's how I knew about the Yeerks and stuff."
"Yeah," Cassie said with a grin. "I guess you probably know us better than we do ourselves."
I smiled back. "Probably. There's one thing I've always wondered about, though... Why do you write the books at all? Isn't it a major security risk?"
Cassie's face clouded. "Of course it is. But sometimes you just have to take that risk. We figured it was more important to get the word out to the largest possible audience, but at the same time in a fairly low-profile way...
"It's like this: the people who read our books will mostly believe they are fiction, but they'll still wonder where the element of truth is. If they hear about the Sharing, they'll probably call themselves paranoid, but avoid it nonetheless."
She grinned slightly, and shrugged. "I guess we'll never know if these books helped any or just caused more trouble."
[A/N: Yes, I know, that was pretty random... But with so many questions about how I could justify having the books be real (well, okay, not from the ffn readers as much as my friends, but nonetheless! You know you wanted to know!!) I figured I may as well put my explanation in here. ::nods:: ]
"He went to get the others," Cassie answered.
Ask her how it went, I said, my thoughts tense and clipped.
"Katie wishes to know how it went," my voice said.
Cassie bit her lip. "I'm not sure. He doesn't understand why you did it, and is afraid to let you go because of the security risk you would be now, even if what you say *is* the truth."
Can I talk a bit? I asked.
Sure.
"This is Katie. Do... Do you think there is any hope? I know Rachel is going to flip out when you tell her. Marco not quite as much, but he will too."
Cassie looked surprised.
"I know how they'll act," I said. "I've read your books so many times it's like I've known you guys forever, even though I just met you. That's how I knew about the Yeerks and stuff."
"Yeah," Cassie said with a grin. "I guess you probably know us better than we do ourselves."
I smiled back. "Probably. There's one thing I've always wondered about, though... Why do you write the books at all? Isn't it a major security risk?"
Cassie's face clouded. "Of course it is. But sometimes you just have to take that risk. We figured it was more important to get the word out to the largest possible audience, but at the same time in a fairly low-profile way...
"It's like this: the people who read our books will mostly believe they are fiction, but they'll still wonder where the element of truth is. If they hear about the Sharing, they'll probably call themselves paranoid, but avoid it nonetheless."
She grinned slightly, and shrugged. "I guess we'll never know if these books helped any or just caused more trouble."
[A/N: Yes, I know, that was pretty random... But with so many questions about how I could justify having the books be real (well, okay, not from the ffn readers as much as my friends, but nonetheless! You know you wanted to know!!) I figured I may as well put my explanation in here. ::nods:: ]