[ Rachel lets out a humorless laugh. It's not that she doesn't appreciate it, but -- what are the odds she's even going to go home, let alone figure out how to take someone with her? As if another teenage girl would add much to their cause. She appreciates Severa's spirit, really, on a level that Marco probably couldn't. But it's hard not to feel a little bleak about it all anyway. ]

I hate to break it to you, but a sword isn't much good against a Yeerk. A Dracon beam could probably fry you from the inside out before you had a chance to hit anybody with it.