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No sir. No *sir*."From now on, you forget about gravity before you go through that door. The old gravity is gone, erased.Understand me? Whatever your gravity is when you get to the door, remember -- the enemy's gate is down.Your feet are toward the enemy's gate. Up is toward your own gate. North is that way, south is that way, east isthat way, west is -- what way?"They pointed."That's what I expected. The only process you've mastered is the process of elimination, and the only reasonyou've mastered that is because you can do it in the toilet. What was the circus I saw out here! Did you call thatforming up? Did you call that flying? Now everybody, launch and form up on the ceiling! Right now! Move!"As Ender expected, a good number of them instinctively launched, not toward the wall with the door in it, buttoward the wall that Ender had called north, the direction that had been up when they were in the corridor. Ofcourse they quickly realized their mistakem, but too late -- they had to wait to change things until they hadrebounded off the north wall.In the meantime, Ender was mentally grouping them into slow learners and fast learners. The littlest kid, theone who had been last out of the door, was the first to arrive at the correct wall, and he caught himself adroitly.They had been right to advance him. He'd do well. He was also cocky and reheltious, and probably resented thefact that he had been one of the ones Ender had sent naked through the corridors."You!" Ender said, pointing at the small one. "Which way is down?""Toward the enemy door." The answer was quick. It was also surly, as if to say, OK, OK, now get on with theimportant stuff."Name, kid?"第 170 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网