Yarn of the Arn (Hork-Bajir Chronicles)

Introducing: the Arn! Esplin discovers his love for method acting. Aldrea asks to speak to the Arn's manager. 

Was Aldrea the first “unlikable” narrator for many young readers— or at least the first narrator who behaved in such unlikable ways? Is Dak really the first Hork-Bajir to make it through the blue mists of the Arn's Zone, or are the Arn just pushing the others into planet's fiery core? How is the interspecies relationship between Tobias and Rachel similar and different to the relationship between Aldrea and Dak? What does it mean for Ax that he has a full support system during his Andante deprogramming while Aldrea has only Dan?