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"Within the next five years. Ender. Everything is ready at IF Command. The master ansible is there, in contactwith all our invasion fleet; the ships are all working, ready to fight. All we lack, Ender, is the battle commander.Someone who knows what the hell to do with those ships when they get there.""And what if no one knows what to do with them?""We'll just do our best, with the best commander we can get."Me, thought Ender, they want me to be ready in five years. "Colonel Graff, there isn't a chance I'll be ready tocommand a fleet in time."Graff shrugged. "So. Do your best. If you aren't ready, we'll make do with what we've got."That eased Ender's mind,But only for a moment, "Of course, Ender, what we've got right now is nobody."Ender knew that this was another of Graff's games. Make me believe that it all depends on me, so I can't slackoff, so I push myself as hard as possible.Game or not, though, it might also be true. And so he would work as hard as possible. It was what Val hadwanted of him. Five years. Only five years until the fleet arrives, and I don't know anything yet, "I'll only befifteen in five years," Ender said."Going on sixteen," said Graff. "It all depends on what you know.""Colonel Graff," he said. "I just want to go back and swim in the lake."第 265 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网