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"You won't deal with our enemies. You came to us. If you go to them, then you are the enemy, too."
It was at that moment that the lights appeared in the forest behind them, and Arrow and Leaf-eater led Novinha, Quim, and Olhado into the wives' clearing.
"Miro sent us," Olhado explained.
"How is he?" asked Ouanda.
"Paralyzed," said Quim bluntly. It saved Novinha the effort of explaining it gently.
"Nossa Senhora," whispered Ouanda.
"But much of it is temporary," said Novinha. "Before I left, I squeezed his hand. He felt it, and squeezed me back. Just a little, but the nerve connections aren't dead, not all of them, anyway."
"Excuse me," said Ender, "but that's a conversation you can carry on back in Milagre. I have another matter to attend to here. "
"Sorry," Novinha said. "Miro's message. He couldn't speak, but he gave it to us letter by letter, and we figured out what went in the cracks. The piggies are planning war. Using the advantages they've gained from us. Arrows, their greater numbers-- they'd be irresistible. As I understand it, though, Miro says that their warfare isn't just a matter of conquest of territory. It's an opportunity for genetic mixing. Male exogamy. The winning tribe gets the use of the trees that grow from the bodies of the war dead."
Ender looked at Human, Leaf-eater, Arrow. "It's true," said Arrow. "Of course it's true. We are the wisest of tribes now. All of us will make better fathers than any of the other piggies. "
"I see," said Ender.
"That's why Miro wanted us to come to you now, tonight," said Novinha. "While the negotiations still aren't final. That has to end."
Human stood up, bounced up and down as if he were about to take off and fly. "I won't translate that," said Human.
"I will," said Leaf-eater.
"Stop!" shouted Ender. His voice was far louder than he had ever let it be heard before. Immediately everyone fell silent; the echo of his shout seemed to linger among the trees. "Leaf- eater," said Ender, "I will have no interpreter but Human."
"Who are you to tell me that I may not speak to the wives? I am a piggy, and you are nothing."