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"Do you mind if I send for your sister?"

Suddenly it was "do you an squire as you are"

Morgan sent an ensign to bring her, and then sat down and tried to make s stories fro days--he was never Battle School h the ranks" It was clear that he resented Battle School and the implied inferiority of anyone asn't invited to attend

Is that all this is? Ender wondered The traditional rivalry between graduates of a service academy and those who didn't have such a head start?

Valentine caan's story "Val," said Ender, still chuckling "We need you to help us with soe that had pree else out "It caused a lot of consternation, and naturally, Adan has been concerned It'll put our ive us some idea of what it's about"

"I'll need to watch you open it," said Morgan

"No you won't," said Valentine

They looked at each other for a long moment

"What Valentine meant to say," said Ender, "is that she doesn't want you to see her actual security procedures--on a emon, you can understand her caution But I'e in soave her a"For me, Val?"

He knew she would recognize this as a an's benefit; of course she played along "For you, Mr Potato Head Where's the access?"

Inher way through the holodisplay "Oh, this is only seerprint Anybody could have gotten into it just by cutting off er I'll have to tell Peter to use full security--retina, DNA, heartbeat--so that they have to keep hly enough"

She sat there reading for a little while, then sighed "I can't believe what an idiot Peter is And Graff, for thatin here that couldn't have been sent unsecured, and there's no reason why it couldn't have been sent piecele uninterruptible top-priority flow It's just a bunch of articles and summaries and so on about events on Earth for the past couple of years It seelanced at Ender

He got the King Jaes of it as part of his strategy for dealing with a minor crisis in Battle School several years back "Well, trans it certainly took time, and times, and half a time," he said

"I'll need to--I'd like to see soan "You have to understand that anything that seemed to threaten the security of my ship and my mission must be verified"

"Well, that's the aard thing," said Valentine "I'm perfectly happy to let you see the entire infoduest that it be put into the library so everyone can have access to it It's bound to be fascinating to people to have an idea of the things that have been happening on Earth I can't wait to read it myself"