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"Threat to what? Do they feed you less if I win? I thought you told me this was all a stupid game and none of itmattered."Dink didn't like having his words thrown back at him, not under these circumstances. "You were the one whogot me playing along with them. But I'm not playing games with you, Ender. You won't beat me.""Probably not," Ender said."I taught you," Dink said."Everything I know," said Ender. "I'm just playing it by ear right now."Congratulations," said Dink."It's good to know I have a friend here." But Ender wasn't sure Dink was his friend anymore. Neither was Dink.After a few empty sentences, Dink went back to his table.Ender looked around when he was through with his meal. There were quite a few small conversations going on.Ender spotted Bonzo, who was now one of the oldest commanders. Rose the Nose had graduated. Petra was witha group in a far corner, and she didn't look at him once. Since most of the others stole glances at him from timeto time, including the ones Petra was talking with, Ender was pretty sure she was deliberately avoiding hisglance. That's the problem with winning right from the start, thought Ender. You lose friends.Give them a few weeks to get used to it. By the time I have my next battle, things will have calmed down inhere.Carn Carby made a point of coming to greet Ender before the lunch period ended. It was, again, a graciousgesture, and, unlike Dink, Carby did not seem wary. "Right now I'm in disgrace," he said frankly. "They won'tbelieve me when I tell them you did things that nobody's ever seen before. So I hope you beat the snot out of the第 193 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网