"I have nothing against turtles," Ender said, lightly, "but as far as species go, they don't exactly raise my nurturing instinct." No, you saved that for bugs, Ender. But he did obediently lean a little closer. "But I promised you pictures," he sighed.

At least he'd worn the nice blue button-up instead of his monotonous collection of Property-of-the-International-Fleet t-shirts? You know, for posterity?