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The officers' and crew's lounges were open to passengers by invitation only, and such invitations were rare The theater was good for viewing holos and vids, or for gathering all the passengers for aor announcement, but private conversations tended to be shushed, with some hostility

For conviviality, this left the observation deck, whose walls offered a view only when the stardrive was off and the ship wasclose to a planet; and the few open spaces in the cargo hold--which would increase in nue

It was to the observation deck, then, that Ender betook himself every day after breakfast Valentine was surprised at his apparent sociability On Eros, he had been private, reluctant to converse, obsessed with his studies Now he greeted everyone who entered the observation deck and chatted amiably with anyone anted his time

"Why do you let theht, after they returned to their stateroom

"They don't interrupt me," said Ender "My purpose is to converse with them; I do my other hen no one wants me"

"So you're being their governor"

"I a at the an's ship, and I have no authority here"

It was Ender's standard anshen anyone wanted hie a dispute, to question a rule, to

ask for a change or a privilege "I'in until I set foot on the surface of the planet Shakespeare," he'd say "But I'et satisfaction froated to deal with us passengers"

"But you're an admiral, too," several peopleadan "You outrank him"

"He's captain of the ship," said Ender, always sher authority than that"

Valentine wasn't going to settle for such answers, not when they were alone "Mierda, mi hermano," said Valentine "If you don't have any official duties and you're not being governor, then why are you spending so --affable?"

"Presumably," said Ender, "ill arrive at our destination someday When that happens, I need to know every person ill stay with the colony I need to know theether in their fa the friendships they form on the ship I need to knoho speaks Co outside their native language I erent, who is needy of attention, who is creative and resourceful, what education they have, how they think about unfae, I had only a half hour e awake, like us, I have h, h the trip Afraid of stasis? Hoping for soet there? As you can see, Valentine, I' constantly out there It makes me tired"

"I've been thinking of teaching English," said Valentine "Offering a class"

"Not English," said Ender "Cohs--and there's some special vocabulary and there's no subjunctive, no 'whole letter 'v' To name just a few of the differences"