"I should talk to her, too, about that," Karla said. "What it's like to grow up a light Jeweled Queen in a non-aristo setting. She's the first friend I have that that applies to, actually," she said, sounding a little embarrassed about it.

Though that was an interesting commentary about the Queens Jaenelle had surrounded herself with. Karla would have given that more thought, but Ender's next comment blew all such thoughts out of the metaphorical water.

"The Hive Queen?" she repeated, blinking at Ender in surprised. "What about her?"