![]() ![]() Graff talks with someone who is apparently leading the International Fleet. Thus, Bernard's "attempt to be ruler of the room was broken" and Ender became less isolated. Bernard." Dap seems to know who was responsible, but he takes no action. Bernard is watching." Although the group continues to pick on Ender, everyone soon sees another message: "I love your butt. When Bernard makes fun of Shen for "shimmying his butt when he walks," Ender sends an anonymous message to everyone saying, "Cover your butt. By the third game, Ender wins "quickly and efficiently." Some of the others start to use his tactics.īernard's group picks on Ender, but Ender starts planning a rival group. After watching one game, Ender asks to play against one of the older boys, and Ender soon learns how to beat him. In school, the boys go through hours of classes, watch videos of the past invasions, and play in the game room-"what they lived for." Ender tends to go to the harder games to study tactics. Peter again, but without Valentine." Ender feels homesick, but he is better than the others at hiding his feelings. Dap warns them against fighting and the prospect of being "iced," that is, killed or sent home.īernard, the boy with the broken arm, starts to gather a gang of the larger boys of the launch group. The boys are given an orientation, and a man named Dap says that he is the only person at the school who is paid to be nice to them. Ender's locker includes the desk, outfits, and some kind of laser gun for freezing others during the battle games. ![]() He follows some directions on paper in order to activate his locker and "desk" (some kind of computer). The boys arrive at Battle School, and Ender comes in last, so he gets the bottom bunk next to the door. ![]() But they realize that they can do little for him, because if Ender comes to believe that anyone will ever help him out, he's "wrecked." Ender needs to know that there will never be an "easy way out," or else he will not become the commander they need for the upcoming war. Graff seems to be one of the two, since the other commends him for allowing such a thing as a broken arm, even though Graff insists that it was an accident-it was too strong a reaction, and it made the other kid into a hero. Two voices are discussing Ender's incident on the flight. ![]()
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