Iniss was thinking. Quite a bit and most of it tucked away and out his his host's reach. Plans and scenarios picked up and discarded as he worked through the problem.

Marco was lying to him.

Well, he'd known from the start it was likely. Another Yeerk telling the entire truth was about as rare as a human spotting a Unicorn.

But how much, and about what? Now that was the real concern. Certain things would be perfectly allowable to lie about, expected, really.

And certain things....

But if Marco wasn't a controller, then how had he known? And if he wasn't a controller, why was he here? She had reacted to Jake's name as well.

Meaning...

Well, he didn't know. Just that it was an important thing to note. A woman who was close to the Andalites knew who Marco was.

He was half tempted to look for Dani, but he didn't know what she would think of him shooting around another crew mate. His hope that was it had been enough to keep the spirit of their agreement, if not exactly the work.

< What are you planning? > The host was quiet, uncertain,and confused.

He didn't respond, almost smiling when he spotted Marco walking in front of him. "Hey, Marco! Wait up!"