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[Animorphs] Z-space morphing and mass transfer...

Hey there!

So, I'm in the middle of re-reading animorphs, and currently in book 10, 'The android.'

In chapter 9, at the end, Ax mentions that he is worried about the rest of his mass. He goes on to explain that when you morph into something smaller than you, the rest of your mass is transfered to z-space. His worry stems from the possibility of a passing ships shielding system vaporizing his leftover mass.

My question, is on two subjects:

1. What would happen to you? Would you be stuck in morph, permanently a nothlit? Or would it kill you?

2. If, when morphing something smaller, your mass is projected into z-space, where does the mass for larger morphs come from? If the morph technology can simply create mass temporarily, would it not be able to recreate your body once it was destroyed in z-space?

Hopefully we can puzzle this one out together! :)
gpt
From memory, a later book mentions "borrowing" mass from z-space for larger morphs.

In terms of what would happen if your extra mass were struck by a passing ship in z-space, obviously you would be sucked into space to be rescued by the passing ship, stay there just long enough to be narratively convenient, and then return back to earth via a hand-waving 'SnapBack' effect.