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nbsp; "Ready?" said Alai "Go"

Since they pushed off with different aan to circle each other EnderThey slowed He did it again They stopped orbiting Now they were drifting evenly

"Packed head, Ender," Alai said It was high praise "Let's push off be-fore we run into that bunch"

"And then let's e into the enemy camp to fail

"Last one there saves farts in a milk bottle," Alai said

Then, slowly, steadily, they led, hand to hand, knee to knee

"And then we just scrunch?" asked Alai

"I've never done this before either," said Ender

They pushed off It propelled them faster than they expected Ender ran into a couple of boys and ended up on a wall that he hadn't expected It took him a moment to reorient and find the corner where he and Alai were to meet Alai was already headed toward it Ender plotted a course that would include two rebounds, to avoid the largest clusters of boys

When Ender reached the corner, Alai had hooked his ar to doze

"You win"

"I want to see your fart collection," Alai said

"I stored it in your locker Didn't you notice?"

"I thought it was my socks"