Karla gaped at him for a moment. Not because of the request--exactly--but more that he would ask her.

Granted, she was probably the only other person who knew about the Hive Queen, but still...

"Of--of course!" she stammered. "Find her and take her home with me. And, if I could, find her a place for her and her people." If something--if the worst--happened to Ender, that would be the most fitting memorial she could think of for him, finding a new place where the species he'd devoted his entire life to could thrive.