Snorkeling meant spending time in the water, as well as indulging your curiosity. Ender welcomed the exercise, the almost-weightlessness, and the colourful patterns that weaved their way through the water. Sometimes, he'd follow them, become all caught up in a vast torrent of fish. Sometimes, he'd let them drift on by, searching through the empty ocean.

He could even muster up some wonder. It seemed more simple than people, and he welcomed it.