< It's static electricity, > Ax said with as much dignity as he could muster. He considered prodding Marco to demonstrate the truth of his statement, but decided that such behavior didn't fit with the dignity approach.

He tilted his head thoughtfully, keeping his main eyes on his fellow-- the two Animorphs, looking around with one stalk eye and peering up into the Garibah's branches with the other. < I believe that the Garibah will sense the approach of most of the crew long before they can hear you, if you speak quietly. However, there are those with psychic abilities, and those with greatly enhanced senses to contend with. The psychics are a significant problem, but thought-speak should be enough to deal with everyone else. >

As soon as they figured out a way to keep this conversation private, he'd contend with the actual topic of the discussion.