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than a trillion bits. The duelists were using him as their judge; if they disputed a point, he could replay the scene in slow motion and tell them what had happened.
The ball went straight for the boy's crotch. He winced elaborately, but the girl was not impressed. "He swiveled away, I saw his hips move!"
"Did not! You hurt me, I didn't dodge at all!"
"Reveja! Reveja!" They had been speaking Stark, but the girl now switched into Portuguese.
The boy with metal eyes showed no expression, but raised a hand to silence them. "Mudou," he said with finality. He moved, Ender translated.
"Sabia!" I knew it!
"You liar, Olhado!"
The boy with metal eyes looked at him with disdain. "I never lie. I'll send you a dump of the scene if you want. In fact, I think I'll post it on the net so everybody can watch you dodge and then lie about it."
"Mentiroso! Filho de punta! Fode-bode!"
Ender was pretty sure what the epithets meant, but the boy with metal eyes took it calmly.
"Da," said the girl. "Da-me." Give it here.
The boy furiously took off his ring and threw it on the ground at her feet. "Viada!" he said in a hoarse whisper. Then he took off running.
"Poltrao!" shouted the girl after him. Coward!
"C o!" shouted the boy, not even looking over his shoulder.
It was not the girl he was shouting at this time. She turned at once to look at the boy with metal eyes, who stiffened at the name. Almost at once the girl looked at the ground. The little one, who had been doing the ball-fetching, walked to the boy with metal eyes and whispered something. He looked up, noticing Ender for the first time.
The older girl was apologizing. "Desculpa, Olhado, nao queria que--" "Nao ha problema, Michi." He did not look at her.
The girl started to go on, but then she, too, noticed Ender and fell silent. "Porque esta olhando-nos?" asked the boy. Why are you looking at us?


















































































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