"No, I was still in Karen's head. It's... complicated, but somehow the Ohm destroyed our universe at every point in time all at once, and the Daligig who rescued us took us from different times, also." It hurt her head just to think about. She pinched the bridge of her nose to help herself think. "So, I was taken before I could leave Karen, but most of the Animorphs were taken from much later... That's why Elfangor was here, too."

Ah, the important question. "According to what I've heard, if a person is here, then it's pretty much guaranteed that their friends and loved ones are here, too, even if they aren't awake. So all of your families should still be in the pods." And Karen's parents... "The pod cavern certainly looks big enough to hold that many people. It's like there's no end to it.

"And-- yes, the science department created them for Iniss and Schmuz. The blue box they created wasn't as advanced as the real thing; for some reason, they had compatability problems with it."