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"We don't accomplish that much anyway," Ender said. He started to leave.Aiai stopped him. "They scare you, too? They slap you up in the bathroom? Stick you head in the pissah?Somebody gots a gun up you bung?""No," Ender said."You still my friend?" asked Alai, more quietly."Yes.""Then I still you friend, Ender, and I stay here and practice with you."The older boys came again, but fewer of them were commanders. Most were members of a couple of armies.Ender recognized Salamander uniforms. Even a couple of Rats. They didn't take names this time. Instead, theymocked and shouted and ridiculed as the Launchies tried to master difficult skills with untrained muscles. Itbegan to get to a few of the boys."Listen to them," Ender said to the other boys. "Remember the words. If you ever want to make your enemycrazy, shout that kind of stuff at them. It makes them do dumb things, to be mad. But we don't get mad."Shen took the idea to heart, and after each jibe from the older boys, he had a group of four Launchies recite thewords, loudly, five or six times. When they started singing the taunts like nursery rhymes, some of the older boyslaunched themselves from the wall and came out for a fight.The flash suits were designed for wars fought with harmless light; they offered little protection and seriouslyhampered movement if it came to hand-to-hand fighting in nullo. Half the boys were flashed, anyway, andcouldn't fight; but the stiffness of their suits made them potentially useful. Ender quickly ordered his Launchiesto gather in one corner of the room. The older boys laughed at them even more, and some who had waited by the第 122 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网