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Bonzo hated him for it, for the kindness. It was as if Ender were granting him his command as a favor. Galling,and yet he had no choice. No choice about anything. It didn't occur to Bonzo that it was his own fault, for givingEnder an unreasonable order. He only knew that Ender had beaten him, and then rubbed his nose in it by beingmagnanimous."I'll have your ass someday," Bonzo said."Probably," said Ender. The lights out buzzer sounded. Ender walked back into the room, looking dejected.Beaten. Angry. The other boy's drew the obvious conclusion.And in the morning, as Ender was leaving for breakfast, Bonzo stopped him and spoke loudly. "I changed mymind, pinprick. Maybe by practicing with your Launchies you'll learn something, and I can trade you easier.Anything to get rid of you faster.""Thank you, sir," Ender said."Anything," whispered Boozo. "I hope you're iced." Ender smiled gratefully and left the room. After breakfasthe practiced again with Petra. All afternoon he watched Bonzo drill and figured out ways to destroy his army.During free play he and Alai and the others worked themselves to exhaustion. I can do this, thought Ender as helay in his bed, his muscles throbbing, unknotting themselves. I can handle it.***Salamander Army had a battle four days later. Ender followed behind the real soldiers as they jogged along thecorridors to the battleroom. There were two ribbons along the walls, the green green brown of Salamander andthe black white black of Condor. When they came to the place where the battleroom had always been, thecorridor split instead, with green green brown heading to the left and black white black to the right. Aroundanother turn to the right, and the army stopped in front of a blank wall.The toons formed up in silence. Ender stayed behind them all. Bonzo was giving his instructions. "A take the第 97 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网