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"I'll try to keep Po froet home," said Mom

"I don't care," said Abra "They don't have to wait for ht"

"So, Abra," said Mom "But Ender puts up with you The boy's a saint Santo Andre"

"San Ender," said Abra

"His Christian name is Andrew," said Mom

"But the name that makes him holy is Ender," said Abra

"My son the theologian And you say you don't think you know everything!" Mother shook her heads, apparently disgusted with him

Abra never understood how such argu their heads and turning away from him He took their ideas seriously (except for their ideas about machinery); why couldn't they do the same for him?

Ender did And he was going to spend days--weeks, in Just the two of them

They loaded the skih Ender said he didn't think they'd be gone that long Po ca to hius, and he said, "Try not to be a nuisance, Abra"

"You're jealous that he's taking me and not you," said Abra

Alessandra spoke up A talking fungus, apparently "Po doesn't want to go anywhere" Meaning, of course, that he couldn't bear to be away frole second

Po's face stayed blank, however, so that Abra knew perfectly well that while he irl, he would still rather go on the trip with Ender than stay behind with her Contrary to Mother's opinion of hi at all He didn't even wink at Po He just kept his face exactly as blank as Po's It was the Mayan way of laughing at so a fight

The journey was a strange experience for Abra At first, of course, they siround Then they followed the road to Falstaff, which was due west of Miranda; this was also familiar, since Abra'sstupid eeer children until they wet the themselves like babies Abra was relieved that Ender only paused to greet the e and then moved on without any further delay

They calen, sheltered froht, but they were snug inside a tent, and without Abra even asking, Ender told hiaa them for command "Some people are born to lead," said Ender "They just think that hether they want to lead or not While others are born craving authority, but they have no ability to lead It's very sad"