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"Cut off the ansible and turn off the fence, please," said Ender.
"Done," she said.
Ender ran for the fence, climbed over it. With the piggies' help he lifted Miro to the top and let his rigid body drop into the waiting arms of the Bishop, the Mayor, Dom Crist o, and Novinha. Navio was jogging down the slope right behind Dona Crist . Whatever they could do to help Miro would be done.
Ouanda was climbing the fence.
"Go back," said Ender. "We've already got him over."
"If you're going to see the wives," said Ouanda, "I'm going with you. You need my help." Ender had no answer to that. She dropped down and came to Ender.
Navio was kneeling by Miro's body. "He climbed the fence?" he said. "There's nothing in the books for that. It isn't possible. Nobody can bear enough pain to get his head right through the field."
"Will he live?" demanded Novinha.
"How should I know?" said Navio, impatiently stripping away Miro's clothing and attaching sensors to him. "Nobody covered this in medical school."
Ender noticed that the fence was shaking again. Ela was climbing over. "I don't need your help," Ender said.
"It's about time somebody who knows something about xenobiology got to see what's going on," she retorted.
"Stay and look after your brother," said Ouanda.
Ela looked at her defiantly. "He's your brother, too," she said. "Now let's both see to it that if he dies, he didn't die for nothing."
The three of them followed Human and the other piggies into the forest.
Bosquinha and the Bishop watched them go. "When I woke up this morning," Bosquinha said, "I didn't expect to be a rebel before I went to bed."
"Nor did I ever imagine that the Speaker would be our ambassador to the piggies," said the Bishop.



















































































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