Relationships With The Other Animorphs
- Jake: Despite being cousins, Jake and Rachel maintain one of the weakest relationships among the characters (except at the end of the series). Jake often ponders on Rachel's bloodthirsty and degenerative nature, while the darker side of Rachel's mind wonders on what would happen should she ever challenge Jake's leadership - something however that she stops doing towards the end of the series, after she confronts David and the Crayak, and along with them, her dark nature. When Rachel accepts her final mission that they both knew would be very dangerous, Rachel tells Jake not to be overwrought by his decision, knowing fully well the burden under which Jake is placed. Jake is distraught by having had to send off Rachel to kill his Yeerk-infested brother, and never recovers.
- Tobias: Before the start of the series Rachel and Tobias weren't friends, though it is implied that they had some prior knowledge of each other. They quickly develop feelings for each other, and eventually begin a relationship and fall in love.
- Cassie: Rachel and Cassie are best friends. However, tension develops between them over the course of the series: Cassie is increasingly wary of Rachel's dark nature, and Rachel in turn becomes impatient with Cassie's morality. Cassie's integrity and coherence are questioned by the reader when she leaves Rachel to hunt down David by herself, who she then captures and with whom is thus alone, helplessly sobbing while deciding on whether she will have to kill a serene and accepting David or not (his fate is never revealed). Rachel feels she is often used as a tool to protect the innocence of the rest of the Animorphs - her dark nature is fueled by their veiled hypocrisy (except for Tobias - this is debatable, but he has his own psychological problems to deal with even though he loves her), and this is something which she doesn't rebel from, voluntarily sacrificing herself in order to protect their well-being.
- Marco: Rachel and Marco often argue, though their verbal sparring is good-natured. They are similar in terms of ruthlessness, although Marco is inherently much more calculative and strategic; a side which contrasts with her increasingly reckless nature. He is the least affected by her death, given his philosophy towards life. In Megamorphs #4: Back to Before, a book where an alternate-reality is concocted by the Ellimist and the Crayak, she agrees to date him.
- Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill: Rachel is initially distrustful of Ax and is in general indifferent towards him. They rarely, if ever, interact one-on-one. Ax is ruthless and calculative like Marco, but unlike him, Ax is more sensitive and becomes evermore apprehensive of Rachel's bloodthirstiness - something that he considers to be unfit for a warrior and akin to a mental illness.
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