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At 0650 he made them all lie down on the mats and relax. Then, at 0656, he ordered them up and they joggedalong the corridor to the battleroom, Ender occasionally leaped up to touch the ceiling. The boys all jumped totouch the same spot on the ceiling. Their ribbon of color led to the left; Rabbit Army had already passed throughto the right. And at 0658 they reached their gate to the battleroom.The toons lined up in five columns. A and F ready to grab the side handholds and flip themselves out towardthe sides. B and D lined up to catch the two parallel ceiling holds and flip upward into nul gravity. C toon wereready to slap the sill of the doorway and flip downward.Up, down, left, right; Ender stood at front, between columns so he'd be out of the way and reoriented them."Which way is the enemy's gate?"Down, they all said, laughing. And in that moment up became north, down became south, and left and rightbecame east and west.The grey wall in front of them disappeared, and the battleroom was visible. It wasn't a dark game, but it wasn't abright one either -- the lights were about half, like dusk. In the distance, in the dim light, he could see the enemydoor, their lighted flash suits already pouring out. Ender knew a moment's pleasure. Everyone had learned thewrong lesson from Boozo's misuse of Ender Wiggin. They all dumped through the door immediately, so thatthere was no chance to do anything other than name the formation they would use. Commanders didn't have timeto think. Well, Ender would take the time, and trust his soldiers' ability to fight with flashed legs to keep themintact as they came late through the door.Ender sized up the shape of the battleroom. The familiar open grid of most early games, like the monkey bars atthe park, with seven or eight stars scattered through the grid. There were enough of them, and in forward enoughpositions, that they were worth going for. "Spread to the near stars," Ender said. "C try to slide the wall. If itworks, A and F will follow. If it doesn't, I'll decide from there. I'll be with D. Move."All the soldiers knew what was happening, but tactical decisions were entirely up to the toon leaders. Even withEnder's instructions, they were only ten seconds late getting through the gate. Rabbit Army was already doingsome elaborate dance down at their end of the room. In all the other armies Ender had fought in, he would havebeen worrying right now about making sure he and his toon were in their proper place in their own formation.Instead, he and all his men were only thinking of ways to slip around past the formation, control the stars and thecorners of the room, and then break the enemy formation into meaningless chunks that didn't know what they第 188 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网