[ honesty's pretty freakin' overrated! give yourself a decade or so to grow up, ender-- you'll learn that particular lesson on your own.
the question elicits a brief, pained look, but the moment quickly passes -- that's a hell of a frank question. but evidently he doesn't begrudge an innocent question from a child, because his voice is calm and steady as he answers: ]
In my lifetimes, only two. Both resulted in the destruction of the worlds we currently occupied at the time.
My people had-- a terrible enemy. Perhaps if we'd taught our children to kill the way they're taught on your world, we might've... [ he shakes his head at the thought. ] I never could have done that to them.
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the question elicits a brief, pained look, but the moment quickly passes -- that's a hell of a frank question. but evidently he doesn't begrudge an innocent question from a child, because his voice is calm and steady as he answers: ]
In my lifetimes, only two. Both resulted in the destruction of the worlds we currently occupied at the time.
My people had-- a terrible enemy. Perhaps if we'd taught our children to kill the way they're taught on your world, we might've... [ he shakes his head at the thought. ] I never could have done that to them.