Book 39-The Hidden Oh, that was a nice picture.  And just what we didn't need.  My mother buzzing around the sky, searching for a lost Cape buffalo, while we dodged Yeerks in helicopters who were trying to kill us. --Cassie "Have I mentioned to all of you how much I hate this?  I mean, it just doesn't stop." "Neither does your mouth." --Marco, Rachel <He's worried about you, Cassie.> <He should trust me to do the right thing.> <He does, or he would've made somebody else carry the cube.  That's why he put me back here.  While you do the right thing, I do the necessary thing.> --Rachel, Cassie <Okay, let's do it.  Sorry, Rachel.  That's your line.> <I'll let it slide this time.  But don't let it happen again.> --Jake, Rachel <Okay.  Let's go rescue a buffalo.> --Jake <You missed all the fireworks, Cassie.  One minute we're watching this whale the size of a FedEx truck dropping out of the sky and we're thinking Uh-oh, she's not big enough to take down that helicopter and live through it-->   -Marco <You weren't thinking it, you were screaming it.>  -Rachel <Screeching like a bad set of brakes.>  -Jake <Emitting a loud and continual series of high-pitched shrieks similar to an unauthorized entry into a Dome ship air lock.>  -Ax Silence. <Well, it was an accurate comparison.>  -Ax <Yeah.  But it sure wasn't funny, Ax-man.>  -Marco <Your humor is highly overrated.>  -Ax <It certainly is when Marco uses it.>  -Jake <Your wish is my command, Prince Jake.>   -Marco <Then I wish you'd be quiet.>  -Jake <Ha-ha!  Ha!....That was, I believe, the appropriate response to human humor, correct?>  -Ax <I quit.  If Ax is gonna "ha-ha" after all of Jake's feeble jokes from now on, I swear I quit.>  -Marco But he wouldn't and we knew it.  None of us would.  No matter how bad the odds.  Or the humor.   -Cassie