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infinite supply of computer-generated fighters. You'll have what you brought with you and nothing more. Nowget used to fighting without unnecessary waste.""lt wasn't unnecessary waste, Ender said. "I can't win battles if I'm so terrified of losing a ship that I never takeany risks."Mazer smiled. "Excellent, Ender. You're begiioning to learn. But in a real battle, you would have superiorofficers and, worst of all, civilians shouting those things at you. Now, if the enemy had been at all bright, theywould have caught you here, and taken Tom's squadron." Together they went over the battle; in the next practice,Ender would show his leaders what Mazer had shown him, and they'd learn to cope with it the next time theysaw it.They thought they had been ready before, that they had worked smoothly together as a team. Now, though,having fought through real challenges together, they all began to trust each other more than ever, and battlesbecame exhilarating. They told Ender that the ones who weren't actually playing would come into the simulatorrooms and watch. Ender imagined what it would be like to have his friends there with him, cheering or laughingor gasping with apprehension; sometimes he thought it would be a great distraction, but other times he wishedfor it with all his heart. Even when he had spent his days lying out in the sunlight on a raft in a lake, he had notbeen so lonely. Mazer Rackham was his companion, was his teacher, but was not his friend.He said nothing, though. Mazer had told him there would be no pity, and his private unhappiness meant nothingto anyone. Most of the time it meant nothing even to Ender. He kept his mind on the game, trying to learn fromthe battles. And not just the particular lessons of that battle, but what the buggers might have done if they hadbeen more clever, and how Ender would react if they did it in the future. He lived with past battles and futurebattles both, waking and sleeping, and he drove his squadron leaders with an intensity that occasionally provokedrebelliousness."You're too kind to us," said Alai one day. "Why don't you get annoyed with us for not being brilliant everymoment of every practice. If you keep coddling us like this we'll think you like us."Some of the others laughed into their microphones. Ender recognized the irony, of course, and answered with along silence. When he finally spoke, he ignored Alai's complaint. "Again," he said, "and this time without selfpity."They did it again, and did it right.第 294 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网