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"How much can we tell him?"

"Don't waste his time on the physics of interstellar travel"

"What about the ansible?"

"I already told him about that, and the fleets I said they would arrive at their destination within five years"

"It seems there's very little left for us to tell him"

"You can tell hih to ent decisions"

"Ah We can be useful after all, how very kind We've devoted one of the five simulators to his exclusive use"

"What about the others?"

"The other simulators?"

"The other children"

"You were brought here to take care of Ender Wiggin"

"Just curious Remember, they were all my students at one time or another"

"And now they are allinto the mysteries of the fleet, Colonel Graff, to which you, as a soldier, have never been introduced"

"You make it sound like a priesthood"

"And a god And a religion Even those of us who co the stars I can see you find my mysticism distasteful I assure you that your distaste only reveals your ignorance Soon enough Ender Wiggin will also knohat I know; he will dance the graceful ghost dance through the stars, and whatever greatness there is within him will be unlocked, revealed, set forth before the universe for all to see You have the soul of a stone, Colonel Graff, but I sing to a stone as easily as to another singer You o to your quarters and establish yourself"