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"They're already in place in their own sih the headset The new levers on your control panel enable you to see from the perspective of any of your squadron leaders This ht encounter in a real battle, where you will know only what your ships can see"

"How can I ith squadron leaders I never see?"

"And ould you need to see them?"

"To knoho they are, how they think--"

"You'll learn who they are and how they think from the way they ith the simulator But even so, I think you won't be concerned They're listening to you right now Put on the headset so you can hear them"

Ender put on the headset

"Salaam," said a whisper in his ears

"Alai," said Ender

"And me, the dwarf"

"Bean"

And Petra, and Dink; Crazy Tom, Shen, Hot Soup, Fly Molo, Caht against, everyone that Ender had trusted in Battle School "I didn't know you were here," he said "I didn't know you were co"

/> "They've been flogging us through the simulator for three months now," said Dink

"You'll find that I'm by far the best tactician," said Petra "Dink tries, but he has the mind of a child"

So they began working together, each squadron leader co the squadron leaders They learned ether, as the simulator forced theave theer fleet to ith; Ender set them up then in three or four toons that consisted of three or four squadrons each Sole starship with its twelve fighters, and he chose three squadron leaders with four fighters each

It was pleasure; it was play The coht, and they alon despite their mistakes, their ether, Ender came to know them very well Dink, who deftly carried out instructions but was slow to iroups of ships effectively but could use a few like a scalpel, reacting beautifully to anything the coist as Ender and could be entrusted to do ith half a fleet and only vague instructions