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Next, the chapter focuses on Ender’s home where it’s revealed that Demosthenes has become popular among commoners. Even Ender’s dad has taken a liking to Demosthenes. Peter, a.k.a. Locke, has become jealous of her sister’s popularity as Demosthenes. He decides not to help her come up with the things she writes, yet it doesn’t make a difference to her since she is plenty capable of writing without him.
The scene then turns to a moment in which Graff pays a visit to Valentine in order to pick her up to go see Ender. Graff reveals that out of all of his family, Ender wanted to only see Valentine. Graff also reveals that he knows that she is Demosthenes. He goes onto let her know that they must trust each other to a certain degree.
Ender and Valentine are to meet on a raft that Ender made out on a lake. Ender doesn’t want to take chances on what might be heard during their conversation together. Valentine is urged by Graff to persuade Ender to continue furthering his studies as a soldier.
Ender and Valentine finally meet up. Ender shows little emotion upon Valentine’s arrival, but Valentine knows how happy he is to see her. They make their way deep into the lake to talk one on one. The conversation begins with Valentine trying to convince Ender that they still know each other well. Ender also speaks and he tells her that he is the best soldier the Battle School has ever seen.
Valentine continues their conversation by describing what she has been doing with Peter. She tries to convince Ender that he, like Peter, should be trying to become leaders. The two of them should become the Alexander the Greats of their generation.
Valentine, next, divulges into the main point of her meeting with Ender, trying to get him to continue on his path in becoming a soldier. Ender responds by letting her know that he is but a puppet forced to play games for those in charge.
Next, Ender and Valentine speak of the “curse of the Wiggins.” The Wiggin children are able to foresee other people’s moves ahead of time.
The conversation then centers on Ender who begins to vent to Valentine about why he doesn’t like himself. He doesn’t like how he destroys people. He sees them for what they, he even learns to love them for what they are, and then he destroys them. Valentine convinces Ender that she doesn’t see this dark side of Ender.
Valentine goes onto describe Peter’s growing power. She knows that after another bugger invasion, after disorder takes over the governments of the world, Peter will rise in power.
Ender is not bothered by the fact that Peter will attain power. He is bothered, however, by the fact that Peter doesn’t love him. Peter doesn’t love his very own brother and that is what Ender would really like from him. Valentine stays quiet after hearing Ender’s admission, and it’s only after a little while that she responds by letting Ender know that she loves him.
After their little talk, Ender returns to Graff ready to get back to his training. Valentine coaxed him to get back to work. Ender isn’t happy with how Graff used Valentine. Graff defends his actions and he lets Ender know that the humans on Earth and their connections with each other is why Ender must do what he can to help stop any oncoming invasion.
Graff and Ender move along together to a spaceport. Once they are ready to launch back into space, Graff reveals that he will now be Ender’s personal escort from this point forward.
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ENDER'S GAME -- CHAPTER 13: VALENTINE
Having Graff there with him makes him realize how important he is. Ender realizes the power he has, as well as the power he had in Battle School. He, then, begins to reflect on his time on Earth. He knows that although he doesn’t wish to ever become a global leader, he should work to defend the people of Earth.
Soon, Ender and Graff reach the Inter-Planetary Launch (IPL). It’s a space station used as a transportation hub. They then have a conversation with the captain of a shuttle that serves as a tug-boat for other space vehicles. The tug captain is informed by Graff that he will be taking them to a planet, Eros, which houses the International Fleet Command. The captain isn’t too happy with the news; however, since he has the fastest ship at the IPL, he has been chosen to take them to Eros.
During their three-month voyage to Eros, Ender questions Graff quite a bit about the buggers. Ender wants to learn all he can about them. Graff doesn’t have much to share about them because they just don’t know much about them. Those buggers who have been captured alive died almost immediately after their capture. The one thing that they definitely do know about Buggers is that they can communicate with each other telepathically. The speed at which they communicate is instantaneous.
Humans, knowing of this advantage, in turn created machines that could do the same thing. Now, spaceships can communicate together in the same way that buggers communicate with each other. International Fleet spaceships use a machine called the Philotic Parallax Instantaneous Communicator or the ansible for short.
Graff also tells Ender of the truth behind the Third Invasion. The fabled Third Invasion that they have been preparing for isn’t a defensive stance to help protect Earth; instead, it is something that they are doing to the buggers. Humans have tracked down the buggers and they have sent ships to attack the buggers. The Third Invasion is a human offense that has been decades in the making. Ships are approaching each bugger outpost and they are all going to arrive at the same time within the next five years. The International Fleet needs somebody to lead the attack against the buggers and Ender is their top choice.
One of the final things that Ender asks Graff is why they are at war with the buggers. Graff doesn’t have any true reason. He does know, though, that humans and buggers cannot communicate and so they cannot reach any type of agreement. Humans communicate through words and writing, and buggers communicate telepathically. Consequently, all attempts to talk to each other have failed.
Ender tries to find reasons as to why the buggers attacked Earth to start off with. He thinks the thing might have been a total misunderstanding. Graff tells Ender that despite the chances that it was a misunderstanding, it is better to get rid of the buggers than to risk them attacking mankind again.
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