Disclaimer -- Names taken from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I do not own Ender's Game and I'm not making any money off of Ender's Game.
Loved One
I didn't get to say goodbye.
After the war, we saw him one more time. I knew that Ender would never go back to Earth again. Did he know that? Yes, I think he did. I don't know how he would know, but he did. He was always so good at knowing things. Except for the Buggers …
That's over now. Ender killed them. They're gone now. He's on his way to the Bugger colony to start a new life there. His sister is going with them. Demosthenes has retired from the nets, and now is on the passenger list. Who would have thought that Demosthenes was the war hero's sister? Or that the war hero's brother said he should never come home again?
I didn't get to say goodbye.
I know when things are done. I know when things die. I saw death everywhere. I know when a friend dies in the heart. He's gone now, and I will never see him. He's going to a whole different planet. By the time he gets there, his once 14-year-old brother will be 77. Will he remember me? Will he remember Bean, the small kid? Or will he remember Petra, or Dink, or Crazy Tom?
We'll all remember him.
Dink told Ender that he never has to command anyone again, but that he'll always be our commander. He was right. No matter how far Ender is, no matter how old I get and how young he stays, no matter how many times he's killed - he will always be my commander.
I didn't get to say goodbye.
Loved One
I didn't get to say goodbye.
After the war, we saw him one more time. I knew that Ender would never go back to Earth again. Did he know that? Yes, I think he did. I don't know how he would know, but he did. He was always so good at knowing things. Except for the Buggers …
That's over now. Ender killed them. They're gone now. He's on his way to the Bugger colony to start a new life there. His sister is going with them. Demosthenes has retired from the nets, and now is on the passenger list. Who would have thought that Demosthenes was the war hero's sister? Or that the war hero's brother said he should never come home again?
I didn't get to say goodbye.
I know when things are done. I know when things die. I saw death everywhere. I know when a friend dies in the heart. He's gone now, and I will never see him. He's going to a whole different planet. By the time he gets there, his once 14-year-old brother will be 77. Will he remember me? Will he remember Bean, the small kid? Or will he remember Petra, or Dink, or Crazy Tom?
We'll all remember him.
Dink told Ender that he never has to command anyone again, but that he'll always be our commander. He was right. No matter how far Ender is, no matter how old I get and how young he stays, no matter how many times he's killed - he will always be my commander.
I didn't get to say goodbye.
