Rachel wakes up the morning after the battle and is all groggy. Her sister, Jordan, mentions that she doesn't look well and is wearing the same clothing as the ones she came home in the night before. Then her mother asks her if there is anything bad going on.
This, again, highlights a main problem that the Animorphs suffer: they have no one outside their little group to turn to. They can't go to their parents or authority figures for help, as those people might be Controllers.







