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So as they approached the key an no reason at all for suspecting that Ender was plotting anything Morgan expected Ender to be a bright, eager boy of fifteen, and those expectations had to be fulfilled; yet Morgan was also wary of Ender's unassailable claiovernorship He had to be confident that Ender was content to let him be the power behind the throne

That's why Ender went to Morgan for permission to use the ansible to coists "You know I've been studying the forical systems, and now I can communicate with them in real time I have a lot of questions"

"I don't want you bothering the out the landing"

Ender knew that there was nothing whatsoever for the landside colony to do except stand out of the way Morgan would land and then decide what supplies to requisition for the return trip Whether Morgan was on it or not, the ship would return to Earth

"Sir, the XBs need to knohat grazing species we have so they can prepare to adapt them to use the alien proteins It's a eneration of adapted anier they are And I'm fully up to speed, since I worked on the manifest e left Eros"

"I've already sent them the manifest"

Actually, Ender had sent the manifest before the ship departed But why quibble? "The list says things like 'cows' and 'pigs' They need way more infor the ansible, sir This is really important" Ender almost said "really really really" but decided that would be too over-the-top boyish and Morgan

Morgan sighed "This is why children should not be given adult assignments You don't respect priorities the way adults do Butas long as you drop whatever you're doing whenever the crew needs to use the ansible, go ahead Now, if you don't mind, I have real work to do"

Ender knew that Morgan's "real" work hadthan anything to do with the landing Dorabella Toscano had him so frantic with lust--no, it was affection, the deep bonds of perreed that she would arrive on Shakespeare as the admiral's wife, not just as an ordinary colonist

And that was fine with Ender He would not interfere with that in any way

Ender went to the ansible rooes directly If he had linked froe would certainly have been intercepted and stored, to be puzzled over at leisure Ender toyed with the idea of switching off the observation syste he said to Sel Menach could be overheard, but decided against it Though the security was IF standard, which nificant number of kids in Battle School had been able to tweak it or hack it or, like Ender, get inside it and spoof it coan ask to see the vid of Ender in the ansible room and have the report come back that there was no vid for that timeframe

Apart fro for a bit of help with his present situation, and then he could have a fewthe work he had told Morgan he was co here to do

He did what he always did when he had a chance to be completely alone He rested his head on his ar for a few moments of sleep to refresh his mind

He awoke because

so," said Alessandra "Fell asleep in the middle of your work"