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"Long enough It's nearly finished"

"So soon?"

"A few days, and then he's through"

"Hoill he do, when he's already like this?"

"Fine Even today, he fought better than ever"

In his dream, the voices sounded like Colonel Graff and Mazer Rackhas could happen, because he drea, "I can't bear to see what this is doing to him" And the other voice answered, "I know I love hied into Valentine and Alai, and in his drearehere they laid his body down, and he dried out and becaers, like the Giant was

All dreams If there was love or pity for hiht another battle and won Then he went to bed and slept again and dreaain and he hardly noticed aking beca Nor did he care

The next day was his last day in Coh he didn't know it Mazer Rackham was not in the room with him when he woke up He showered and dressed and waited for Mazer to come unlock the door He didn't come Ender tried the door It was open

Was it an accident that Mazer had let hi? No one with hio to practice, he must sleep Freedoht for a ht find his squadron leaders, talk to them face to face, but he didn't knohere they were They could be twenty kiloh the tunnels for a little while, he went to the mess hall and ate breakfast near a few in to understand Then he went to the sih he was free, he could not think of anything else to do

Mazer aiting for hihtly shuffling, and he felt tired and dull

Mazer frowned "Are you awake, Ender?"

There were other people in the simulator room Ender wondered why they were there, but didn't bother to ask It wasn't worth asking; no one would tell him anyway He walked to the simulator controls and sat down, ready to start

"Ender Wiggin," said Mazer "Please turn around Today's game needs a little explanation"

Ender turned around He glanced at the athered at the back of the room Most of them he had never seen before Some were even dressed in civilian clothes He saw Anderson and wondered what he was doing there, as taking care of the Battle School if he was gone He saw Graff and remembered the lake in the woods outside Greensboro, and wanted to go home Take me home, he said silently to Graff In my dream you said you loved me Take me home

But Graff only nodded to hih he didn't know him at all