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It was banter, as always, but now there was too much truth behind it. Now when Ender heard Alai talk as if itwere all a joke, he felt the pain of losing a friend, and the worse pain of wondering if Alai really felt as little painas he showed."You can try," said Ender. "I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know.""I knew all along that you were holding something back, Ender.A pause. Ender's bear was in trouble on the screen. He climbed a tree. "I wasn't, Alai. Holding anything back.""I know." said Alai. "Neither was I.""Salaam, Alai.""Alas, it is not to be.""What isn't?""Peace. It's what salaam means. Peace be unto you."The words brought forth an echo from Ender's memory. His mother's voice reading to him softly, when he wasvery young. Think not that I came to send peace on earth. I came not to send peace, but a sword. Ender hadpictured his mother piercing Peter the Terrible with a bloody rapier, and the words had stayed in his mind alongwith the image.In the silence, the bear died. It was a cute death, with funny music. Ender turned around. Alai was already gone.He felt like part of himself had been taken away, an inward prop that was holding up his courage and confidence.With Alai, to a degree impossible even with Shen, Ender had come to feel a unity so strong that the word we第 182 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网