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changes were far more difficult, it was an easy maneuver to carry out

Ender had positioned himself so that when he launched, he would rendezvous with the frozen soldier he had just used as a missile The boy wasn't frozen now, and he let Ender catch him, whirl him around and send him toward the door Unfortunately, the necessary result of the action was for Ender to head in the opposite direction, and at a reduced speed Alone of all his soldiers, he was drifting fairly slowly, and at the end of the battlerooathered He shifted hiathered at the far wall

In the anized enemy had just spotted him Ender calculated how soon he would reach the wall so he could launch again Not soon enough Several enemies had already rebounded toward hi the Still, it was the sale combat settlement There was no leader, as far as Ender knew, and these boys were a lot bigger than him

Still, he had learned so in personal co objects Gaot to hand-to-hand combat--you never bumped into an enemy that wasn't frozen unless you were frozen yourself So in the few seconds he had, Ender tried to position hiuests

Fortunately, they knew as little about nullo fighting as he did, and the feho tried to punch hi a punch was pretty ineffective when their bodies moved backward just as quickly as their fists roup who had bone-breaking on their minds, as Ender quickly saw He didn't plan to be there for it, though

He caught one of the punchers by the arm and threw him as hard as he could It hurled Ender out of the way of the rest of the first onslaught, though he still wasn't getting any closer to the door "Stay there!" he shouted at his friends, who obviously were for up to come and rescue him "Just stay there!"

Soave Ender soe; he was able to sta hio just as Ender kicked doard, it would have hurt him much less and allowed Ender to use theon too well; his ear was torn and scattering blood in the air, and Ender was drifting even more slowly

I'ain, just to save myself Why don't they leave me alone, so I don't have to hurt them?

Threeon hiether Still, they had to grab him before they could hurt him Ender positioned hi his hands free to deal with the third

Sure enough, they took the bait Ender grasped the shoulders of the third boy's shirt and pulled hiain a screas renching at the nose at one of the came free It was a sie to kick hiroin, then shove off hiood a launch, so that his speed was nothing special, but it didn'thim

He got to his friends at the door They caught hi and slapping him playfully "You bad!" they said "You scary! You flame!"

"Practice is over for the day," Ender said

"They'll be back tomorrow," said Shen

"Won't do theood," said Ender "If they coain If they come with suits, we can flash them"

"Besides," said Alai, "the teachers won't let it happen"