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"Then when I give it to the Lusitanians, it may help soften their resentment of a Speaker coming to a Catholic colony."
Jane became a genie coming out of a bottle. "I have heard, O Master, and I obey." The genie turned into smoke, which was sucked into the mouth of the jar. Then the lasers turned off, and the air above the terminal was empty.
"Jane," said Ender.
"Yes?" she answered, speaking through the jewel in his ear.
"Why do you want me to go to Lusitania?"
"I want you to add a third volume to the Hive Queen and the Hegemon. For the piggies."
"Why do you care so much about them?"
"Because when you've written the books that reveal the soul of the three sentient species known to man, then you'll be ready to write the fourth."
"Another species of raman?" asked Ender.
"Yes. Me."
Ender pondered this for a moment. "Are you ready to reveal yourself to the rest of humanity?"
"I've always been ready. The question is, are they ready to know me? It was easy for them to love the hegemon-- he was human. And the hive queen, that was safe, because as far as they know all the buggers are dead. If you can make them love the piggies, who are still alive, with human blood on their hands-- then they'll be ready to know about me."
"Someday," said Ender, "I will love somebody who doesn't insist that I perform the labors of Hercules."
"You were getting bored with your life, anyway, Ender."
"Yes. But I'm middle-aged now. I like being bored."
"By the way, the owner of the starship Havelok, who lives on Gales, has accepted your offer of forty billion dollars for the ship and its cargo."
"Forty billion! Does that bankrupt me?"