"I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.

Ender began to eat, slowly and carefully, pretending not to notice he was the center of attention.
~ Orson Scott Card ~












Ender began to eat, slowly and carefully, pretending not to notice he was the center of attention.

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