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Ender passed through the ene his nah the corridors

"Practice tonight?" asked Crazy Tom

Ender shook his head

"To then?"

"No"

"Well, when?"

"Never again, as far as I'm concerned"

He could hear the murmurs behind him

"Hey, that's not fair," said one of the boys "It's not our fault the teachers are screwing up the ga us stuff because--"

Ender slaainst the wall and shouted at the boy "I don't care about the gah the corridor Boys from other armies came to their doors He spoke quietly into the silence "Do you understand that?" And he whispered "The game is over"

He walked back to his room alone He wanted to lie down, but he couldn't because the bed et It reminded him of all that had happened toda, and in fury he tore the mattress and blankets from the bedframe and shoved them out into the corridor Then he wadded up a unifor across the fraet up

He had only been there a few minutes when someone knocked on the door

"Go away," he said softly Whoever was knocking didn't hear him or didn't care Finally Ender said to come in

It was Bean

"Go away, Bean"