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Just as quickly as they started, the wives fell silent. Shouter emerged from her house and walked to the middle of the clearing to stand very near to the huge central tree. She sang.
Human answered her-- in Brothers' Language. Ouanda murmured a rough translation. "He's telling her what you said, about coming as equals."
Again the wives erupted in cacophonous song.
"How do you think they'll respond?" asked Ela.
"How could I know?" asked Ouanda. "I've been here exactly as often as you."
"I think they'll understand it and let me in on those terms," said Ender.
"Why do you think that?" asked Ouanda.
"Because I came out of the sky. Because I'm the Speaker for the Dead."
"Don't start thinking you're a great white god," said Ouanda. "It usually doesn't work out very well."
"I'm not Pizarro," said Ender.
In his ear Jane murmured, "I'm beginning to make some sense out of the Wives' Language. The basics of the Males' Language were in Pipo's and Libo's notes. Human's translations are very helpful. The Wives' Language is closely related to Males' Language, except that it seems more archaic-- closer to the roots, more old forms-- and all the female-to-male forms are in the imperative voice, while the male-to-female forms are in the supplicative. The female word for the brothers seems to be related to the male word for macio, the tree worm. If this is the language of love, it's a wonder they manage to reproduce at all."
Ender smiled. It was good to hear Jane speak to him again, good to know he would have her help.
He realized that Mandachuva had been asking Ouanda a question, for now he heard her whispered answer. "He's listening to the jewel in his ear."
"Is it the hive queen?" asked Mandachuva.
"No," said Ouanda. "It's a..." She struggled to find a word. "It's a computer. A machine with a voice."
"Can I have one?" asked Mandachuva.
"Someday," Ender answered, saving Ouanda the trouble of trying to figure out how to answer.