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Lara Flinn never thought she'd make it to Battle School, much less alongside Ender Wiggin. But powers beyond them have sealed their fates and there's no turning back.
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"He did the impossible. He beat the Giant."
"So you're moving him now, aren't you?"
"We waited to see how he would handle Bernard. He coped with him better than we ever could have hoped."
"So you're sending him off, just like that? He only just started making friends."
"I think you forget the very foundation of his growth. This isn't about making friends, Anderson."
"Fine, but what will you do with the girl."
"Not to worry. I have it all figured out."
"You're a bastard to these kids, Graff. You know that?"
"We're training them for war. You'll look back on this and be grateful for what I did once we've squash those buggers."
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Ender refused to talk about what had happened with the Giant and avoided his desk as much as possible over the following days. Something about it had shaken him and I couldn't help but feel troubled by what had transpired as well.
After a morning of lessons, we finally settled down for lunch in the mess hall. Alai leaned over the table towards Ender, eyes gleaming. "I finally figured out how you sent those messages over the desks," he grinned with excitement.
Ender feigned indifference, swirling the food around his tray. "Oh?"
"Yeah," Alai responded, ignoring Ender's disinterest and continuing. "You just make a new student profile with a different variation of a students name so the system won't kick you out." Ender remained silent, but watched Alai now. "But the thing is, for some reason I can't hack yours. Any variation of Ender immediately gets kicked out of the system."
At that, Ender smiled sincerely. I couldn't help but be impressed. Not at the hacking skills that it would have taken, but of actually thinking to do it when there were surely other, less passive ways, to nullify Bernard.
"So," Alai continued with a shrug, unperturbed. "I hacked and trashed somebodies file and now their on my tail. You've set up your own security so that no one can get you. Any chance you could show me how you did it?"
"You mean now?" Ender asked, glancing down at his plate and then back at Alai. "I'm eating."
Alai laughed at the joke. "You never finish anyway."
