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"I' to you," said Ender

She looked at him fiercely "Did you desire me? At all?"

Ender closed his eyes and nodded

"Look at me and say it"

"I wanted you," said Ender

"And now?"

"There are lots of things I want that aren't right for me to have"

"You sound as if your ht you to say that"

"If I'd been raised by my mother, maybe she would have," said Ender "But as it is, I learned that when I decided to go to Battle School, when I decided to live by the rules of that place There are rules to everything, even if nobody as to work out well, it's best to know the rules and only break the those rules"

"Do you think that made sense of some kind?"

"To me it did," said Ender "I want you You wantedto know I had my first kiss"

"It wasn't bad, was it? I wasn't awful?"

"Let's put it this way," said Ender "I haven't ruled out doing it again Sometime in the future"

She giggled The crying had stopped

"I really do have work to do," said Ender "And believe ht up Not sleepy at all Very helpful"