SummaryIn Chapter 9 Graff was not happy that the computer put a picture of Peter into Ender's game. He argued with Major Imbu who is the computer expert. Graff wants to know why Peter's picture was shown, He wonders why Peter is so important to Ender. Valentine celebrated Ender's eigth birthday on her own, but what worries her is Peter. He is outwardly normal, but she knows he is still evil inside. What she counts on is that he acts out of nothing but pure self-interest, and there is a certain comfort in that. Valentine knows Peter will never do anything that is not a calculated move designed to help him. Peter has figured out that Russia is preparing for land war. The Warsaw Pact, which joined the nations together under the threat of the bugger wars. He realizes that something big is happening in space and that the nations of earth are preparing for its aftermath. Ender is the top ranked soldier in the Phoenix Army (Petra is the Commander) Ender still cannot get past the part of the mind game where he sees his brother's face. Graff comes to talk to Valentine because he believes Ender needs help. He asks her what makes Ender different from Peter and if Peter is really that bad a person. Graff wants her to help Ender and convinces her to write him a letter. Valentine writes the letter and Ender reads it, but he sees through it instantly. He realizes that they must have made her write it and that it's goal was clearly to show him he is not like Peter. Therefore they must know about the mind game. Ender is mad that they have taken his last true memory from him (of his sister). He goes back to the mind game and yet somehow, this time, the snake that has crushed under his feet in the past turns into his sister and they walk to the mirror together. Peter does not appear and behind the mirror is a stairway that he and Valentine walk down. Ender is happy that Valentine will always be with him.
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