I'm working on a housefly morph. You have to keep reading the books. And any time you think you know how it will turn out, guess again, because I am going to do my best to surprise you, scare you, and amaze you. I want to believe there's intelligent life on other planets. It's fun to think there's something out there.
Animals are at least as incredible and amazing as any alien species.
The other thing is that in the books, it's up to kids to save the world. In life, that's true as well.