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This is all right, Ender thought Talk and talk, Peter Talk is fine "Well, now your guardian angels aren't watching over you," Peter said "Now they aren't checking to see if you feel pain, listening to hear what I' to you How about that? How about it?"

Ender shrugged

Suddenly Peter sood cheer "Let's play buggers and astronauts," he said

"Where's Mom?" asked Valentine

"Out," said Peter "I'e"

"I think I'll call Daddy"

"Call away," said Peter "You know he's never in"

"I'll play," Ender said

"You be the bugger," said Peter

"Let him be the astronaut for once," Valentine said

"Keep your fat face out of it, fart mouth," said Peter "Come on upstairs and choose your weapons"

It would not be a good ga When kids played in the corridors, whole troops of theot ao eer was in it until the astronaut decided it was over

Peter opened his bottoot upset at hiht it, but Dad pointed out that the ouldn't go away just because you hid bugger masks and wouldn't let your kids play with aers caain

If I survive the gaht Ender He put on the ainst his face But this isn't how it feels to be a bugger, thought Ender They don't wear this face like a ers put on human masks, and play?

And what do they call us? Slimies, because we're so soft and oily compared to them?