“Well, you could have told us what you were learning from us,” said Itú. They were all still a bit resentful. “I didn’t have to tell you. You learned it.” “At least you could have told us it was OK not to win.” “But you were supposed to try to win. I didn’t tell you because it only works if you think it counts. Like when the Buggers come. It’ll count then, for real. That’s when you get really smart, when losing means that you and everybody you ever cared about, the whole human race, will die. Look, I didn’t think we’d have long together. So I made the best use of the time, for you and for me.
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