"Just 'suppose'?" Karla asked. "That's hardly the precise answer I would expect. I'd say you got off lightly with just two, but considering your genes combined with his would make Valentine quite the handful."

Yes, of course Karla was going to press. Now the world could finally witness exactly what happened when an irresistible force met an immovable object.

"And that's not even counting Olhado--who was a stepchild of yours, I hear?"

Do go on, Ender. Do.