Jara slices his head open to prove that he’s not a controller, and then later when they use the Hork Bajir’s regenerative capabilities to trick visser three, I remember that being the first time foreshadowing in a novel ckicked for me.

This is when the Hork Bajir revealed that their blades, the deadly blades all over their body, are only used to strip bark from trees because that’s their food. That was a super cool species trait so the authors can make it known that they’re not just these beings created to be deadly warriors, there is some reason behind their hardware.

It’s so shocking that he slices his freaking head open and I couldn’t figure out why he did that, and then at the end of the book I’m like oh it’s a plot device haha. Got it.

And then this also has the ellimist interfering constantly in a world he’s not allowed to interfere in.

And Tobias regains his morphing ability and gets to be a boy some of the time again so we’re all excited for him and Rachel to date