How could they think I was part of it? Did I laugh? Did I join in? Just stood there, watching, like a teacher. And Ender realized that in their laughter, in their friendship, it had not occurred to them that he could have been included. Shen and Alai joked with each other in that night's practice, calling back to the 'go nova' incident from the zero-G fight, and then remembered Ender was standing right there:Īnd they apologized again. No one goofs around with him, no one jokes or reminisces, there's just excitement about the games and tactics. (He just hasn't gotten over Dink's replacement with the Dinktron 4X Victory And Friendship Unit.) He comes to the conclusion that he receives too much respect. Whatever, it's not like it made him interesting or provided a desperately-needed dissenting opinion to the story.Įnder is deeply depressed and can't figure out why, given that it seems everything is going so well. How do we keep Ender unquestionably untainted? Total protonic reversal of Dink's worldview. First, really, can no one drop 'the Nose' from Rosen Spaceberg's name? What happened to Ender's dislike of racial slurs? But secondly, what happened to Dink's entire characterisation as someone who rejects the philosophy that's pushed on them that they must seek to dominate and take command for the approval of the teachers? What happened to his refusal to give up the game he loved and his refusal to play the game they wanted him to? All of that reasoned morality is thrown aside for 'Dink's a commander now, yay!' Why? The most plausible theory to me is that it won't be long before Ender gets command, and if Ender became a commander while Dink still maintained that command is a morally dubious position, Ender would look like he might have made the wrong (that is to say, less-than-perfectly-pure) choice. I'm not sure I can express my disdain for that last line. Dink Meeker had finally accepted command and succeeded Rose the Nose in Rat Army's command. Alai was also a toon leader, in another army, and they were still good friends Shen was not a leader, but that was no barrier.
Well, it's not quite true some things have changed:Īt the age of nine he was a toon leader in Phoenix Army, with Petra Arkanian as his commander. Remember what I said about timeskips last week? Nothing was different, nothing had changed in a year.
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