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Do you have any idea how h priority that it shut down all other ansible coht it was some kind of attack on the ansible link and Ender was almost put into stasis for the duration--and that would have ain
Once we sorted it all out, though, the package itself was very informative Apparently you were cursed by so tih priority, please, that regular ship's communications can continue And don't let Graff address it to Ender It conate
Seeht have changed between your sending and rand?
Has Ender written to the parents yet? I can't ask hiet answers) and I can't ask THEM or they'll know I've been trying to get him to write, which would hurt them all the more if he hasn't written and discount the emotional value of his letters if he has
Stay smart They can't take that away from you
Your former puppet,
Demosthenes
Alessandra was happy ord caain Mother had been devastated, though she showed it only to Alessandra in the privacy of their staterooood, but she stalked around the tiny space, opening and closing things and sla her feet at every opportunity, and now and then enomic statement like:
"Why are ays in the backwash of somebody else's boat?"
Then, in the ammon: "In the wars of men, women always lose!"
And through the bathroom door: "There is no pleasure so simple that somebody won't take it away just to hurt you!"
In vain did Alessandra try to mollify her "Mother, this wasn't aimed at you, it was clearly aimed at Ender"
Such responses always triggered a long eic could cause Mother to change her ht have co as if that's how she had felt all along
Yet if Alessandra didn't answer her ot worse and worse--Mother needed a response the way other people needed air To ignore her was to sless but intense conversation, and then ignored her ed her h she had
It never seemed to occur to herBianca to Ender's Lucentio had made her feelwhat? Not love--she was definitely not in love Ender was nice enough, but he was exactly as nice to Alessandra as to everyone else, so it was plain she was nothing special to hi her affection on someone who had not first bestowed his on her No, what Alessandra felt was glory It was reflected, of course, fro performance of Kate and from Ender's fame as savior of the hu monster, which Alessandra did not believe but which certainly added to the fascination