Second Floor Common Room, Wednesday Morning

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Ender had gotten up despicably early, of course; milling around the roof until he grew tired of that, and then heading back indoors. He had no particular plans for the day, and that always served to make him restless.

So to the common room it was, and soon he was digging through the cabinets looking for the ingredients for his morning coffee. His caffeine addition was almost getting worrisome, but at least it helped him think. Focus on things that weren't Peter, or Val, or the topsy-turvy mess that was his family.

He might have lingered near the cabinets longer than strictly necessary, and by the end of it, there was a neat stack of sandwiches as well as the coffee, ready for consumption.

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"Now that he's back as Strategos? If Peter says the word, yes, he will. I'm... just not sure if Peter will."

And that was confusing.

[momslilassassin]

Ben's brow furrowed. "Why not?"

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"Because Peter seems to want to give off the pretense of conquering the world by fiat, rather than military might," Ender said, rubbing at his forehead.

[momslilassassin]

"Because you beat him to being the great war hero, he's going in the exact opposite direction?" Ben guessed, shifting a little closer.

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"While I'm sure that's a part of it, even Peter wouldn't do something that big simply for the sake of sibling rivalry."

Ender shot him a glance as he moved closer. The topic of Peter always sent his emotions leapfrogging a little; of course Ben would try comfort-by-proximity.

[[ sorry for the epic SP! Yesterday was insaaane. ]]

[momslilassassin]

"Do you think he might actually be growing up a little?" Ben replied with a tiny smile.

[OOC: NP. I'm about to drive to NYC in an hour anyway so SP=loooove.]

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Ender snorted. "I'll see it when I believe it." He could be charitable to anyone else in the universe, but Peter...

[momslilassassin]

"So our trip back won't coincide with a ribbon-cutting on his statue of 'Peter Wiggin, Astral Human', then," Ben concluded. "I know I'm shocked."

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"Terribly," said Ender. "I can tell."