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"And our little boy is going to wonder e don't do it"

"No he's not"

"Oh, you think he's so s nothing?"

"Why wouldn't he?"

"Because he doesn't know us," said Theresa "He doesn't knoe think or feel As far as he can tell, we've forgotten all about him"

"One thing I feel good about, in this whole enius children"

"Oh, that," said Theresa dismissively "It's easy to manipulate your children when they're absolutely sure you're stupid"

"Whatcredit for caring about Ender more than anybody So when his identity does coh he loyally stepped in to protect his brother"

"He's our boy, that Peter," said Theresa "Oh, what a piece of work he is"

"I have a philosophical question I wonder if e call 'goodness' is actually aas most people have it, and the rules of society promote it as a virtue, then the natural rulers have a clear field of action It's because of Ender's goodness that it's Peter we'll have at home on Earth"

"Oh, Peter's good," said Theresa bitterly

"Yes, I forgot," said John Paul "It's for the good of the human race that he'll become ruler of the world An altruistic sacrifice"

"When I read his si essays I want to claw his eyes out"

"He's our son, too," said John Paul "As oad him into this"

Theresa kneas right But it didn't help "He didn't have to enjoy himself so much, did he?"