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He would always speak the language of the heart with an awkward foreign accent.
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bean
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Orson Scott Card |
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I would carry some of it if I could, Bean said silently. Like I did today, you can turn it over to me and I'll do it, if I can. You don't have to do this alone. Only even as he thought this, Bean knew it wasn't true. If it could be done, Ender was the one who would have to do it. All those months when Bean refused to see Ender, hid from him, it was because he couldn't bear to face the fact that Ender was what Bean only wished to be -- the kind of person on whom you could put all your hopes, who could carry all your fears, and he would not let you down, would not betray you. I want to be the kind of boy you are, thought Bean. But I don't want to go through what you've been through to get there.
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trust
friendship
bean
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Orson Scott Card |
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He walked down the corridor, lined with his soldiers, who looked at him with love, with awe, with trust. Except Bean, who looked at him with anguish. Ender Wiggin was not larger than life, Bean knew. He was exactly life-sized, and so his larger-than-life burden was too much for him. And yet he was bearing it. So far.
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bean
ender
anguish
hiding
isolation
burden
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Orson Scott Card |
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"Besides," said Suriyawong. "This was not a rescue operation." "What was it, target practice? Chinese skeet?" "An offer of transportation to an invited guest of the Hegemon," said Suriyawong. "And the loan of a knife." Achilles held up the bloody thing, dangling it from the point. "Yours?" he asked. "Unless you want to clean it," said Suriyawong. Achillese handed it to him. Suriyawong took out his cleaning kit and wiped down the blade, then began to polish it. "You wanted me to die," said Achilles quietly. "I expected you to solve your own problems," said Suriyawong."
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comeuppance
enderverse
julian-delphinki
osc
pwn
pwned
shadow-saga
suriyawong
achilles-de-flandres
bean
own
owned
just-desserts
payback
justice
betrayal
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Orson Scott Card |
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Achilles might be a good papa to the family, but he was also a killer, and he never forgives. Poke knew that, though. Bean warned her, and she knew it, but she chose Achilles for their papa anyway. Chose him and then died for it. She was like that Jesus that Helga preached about in her kitchen while they ate. She died for her people. And Achilles, he was like God. He made people pay for their sins no matter what they did. The important thing is, stay on the good side of God. That's what Helga teaches, isn't it? Stay right with God. I'll stay right with Achilles. I'll honor my papa, that's for sure, so I can stay alive until I'm old enough to go out on my own.
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metaphor
murder
jesus
god
poke
bean
forgiveness
survival
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Orson Scott Card |
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4fcacf7
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Bean sighed inwardly. It never failed. Whenever he had any conversation with Ender, it turned into an argument.
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relationships
family
life
bean
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Orson Scott Card |
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fa0083e
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"In the end it was only Peter who had something he could say from the heart. "Am I the only one here who sees something of himself in the man who's lying inside this box?" No one had an answer for him, either yes or no."
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achilles-de-flandres
bean
card
ender
orson
orson-scott-card
wiggin
peter
shadow
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Orson Scott Card |