[in fact he only looks SURPRISED, like. what??? I'M SURE I WOULD HAVE NOTICED THIS EARLIER]
[Ax!?]
[... No. You would have known, the hawk would have mentioned if he really wasn't a recent arrival. An illusion, obviously. That is what he does, isn't it?]
[It's not all he does-]
[In this case it is. I'm actually kind of amused by the attempt! You really did have every base covered, you and your partners, didn't you?]
... Wait. Ax was here and I somehow... didn't notice the Andalite running around? They're kind of hard to miss.