Ender stepped under the water and rinsed himself, took the sweat of co…

Orson Scott Card
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Ender stepped under the water and rinsed himself, took the sweat of combat and let it run down the drain. All gone, except they recycled it and we'll be drinking Bonzo's blood water in the morning. All the life gone out of it, but his blood just the same, his blood and my sweat, washed down in their stupidity or cruelty or whatever it was that made them let it happen. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2010). Ender's Game, p.139, Macmillan
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