Practical Philosophy, Thursday

[endsthegame]

"There is something about this place," Ender said, "That inspires fear."

They didn't meet on the lawn this time. Instead they were inside, in the Danger Shop, in a perfect recreation of Fandom's lawn on a very nice, sunny day.

"Do you feel scared?" he asked. "Does the dread of that place get to you? If so, how? If not, what does this place look like to you? Does it offer opportunities, or only terrible things?"

He reached for his bottle of water.

"I don't think the island was eager to dive into these old nightmares," he mused. "I wonder why it has."

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Re: Talk to the Teacher

[momslilassassin]

"Got it," Ben said, wincing slightly. "Well, if he wants to, he's welcome to stay as long as he'd like. Force knows we could've used a few outs in our time as students."

Re: Talk to the Teacher

[endsthegame]

"I told him we'd wait for a while out here, and he can come to us if he wants to come along," Ender said quietly. "If he's not comfortable staying with us, I'll rent him another room. I think that's in our budget."

Please. You could buy the kid a house and it wouldn't even be a drop in the bucket, Jane scoffed in his ear.

Re: Talk to the Teacher

[momslilassassin]

Ben nodded vigorously. "Absolutely. Plus then he doesn't get woken up by Val jumping on him and demanding his life story."