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"Ender, I would never let ainst your will"

"You just spent the last six years doing that"

"And got court-martialed for i

t, you'll notice"

"And your punish Let o to Earth to be under the thuemon He stays in space, nicely ensconced with the International Fleet So even if they change hegemons, it won't involve you And if they fire you--"

"They won't," said Graff

"You're so sure of that"

"It's not a prediction, it's an intention"

"You, sir, are a piece of work," said Ender

"Oh, speaking of pieces of work," said Graff, "did you hear that Demosthenes has retired?"

"The guy on the nets?" asked Ender

"I don't mean the Greek author of the Philippics"

"I don't actually care," said Ender "It's just the nets"

"The nets, and this rabble-rouser's screeds in particular, are where the battle was played out and you lost," said Graff

"Who says I lost?" asked Ender