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The Arms Hotel; Wednesday [ 09/09 ].

There was a benefit to working today. Since it was the ninth day of the ninth month of the ninth year, Valentine had managed to concoct a reasonably believable theory to propose to Gunther that made it clear that it would bode ill for anyone who did not take extreme caution today. As such, she was best left out of the kitchen and at the desk, for who knew what sort of evil could be wrought in the midst of 09/09/09? Nothing good, that was what.

Gunther had been incredibly skeptical, although the points Valentine made were at least intriguing. He decided it wouldn't hurt to play it safe, but vowed that next week, she was not getting out of helping. Which gave her a whole week to think of a new excuse.

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Who, naturally, has a stack of books, at the top of which was Number Theory (http://www.amazon.com/Number-Theory-Dover-Advanced-Mathematics/dp/0486682528/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252495468&sr=8-1). Not exactly her favorite or her strongest, but it was all so thematic.

"Keeping yourself busy?"

Ender's feet padded him easily into the hotel; Ender's mouth brought his amusement easily to the front.

"Depends on who's asking," Valentine answered, not seeming to take her interest away from her book at first, but she did reach for the marker and placed it between the pages. She closed it, keeping the book between her hands as she tilted her head and gave Ender a smile.

"Your negligent and self-indulgently reticent little brother," he called, lightly, "I can wait."

"Oh, good," Valentine said, setting the book down. "Because I'm very busy here."

"I find the study of numbers to be taxing on my time, too."

"You?" Valentine asked, feigning slight shock. "What, with the brilliant teacher you had?"

"I'm afraid she was already feeble with old age at the time, and has only declined," he said, wryly. "But barring your Alzheimer's, Val, I need you to teach me something else."

Valentine's lifted eyebrows betrayed any attempt to mask her intrigue. "Maybe I'll have a moment of clarity," she said. "What do you need, Ender?"

Which wasn't so much her question. What she was wondering was what he needed from her that he couldn't do himself.

"I've been getting some reports in from the ansible network," he answered, "From the colonies. It's not much, and it's obviously heavily restricted - there is very little I can do from here - but it's been educational. As it turns out, though, they're dealing with some ansible restrictions of their own. Likely an IF safety issue."

He smiled wryly. "Do you have any contacts left on our Earth?"

And the more Ender explained, the more interested Valentine became, and, really, that little smirk at the end would have convinced Valentine to do anything.

"I...might."

"I might have to bribe you to use them at some point in the near future," he said. "I don't know how much my own leverage holds up right now."

Which was something close to a lie, if you weren't Valentine; with Val, it was more of a joke.

"Better make it a pretty good bribe," Valentine said.

"I think I left the cookies in my other pair of pants," he admitted.

"Luckily for you, then," Valentine said, "I'm feeling more like pie today."

"Pie it is," he agreed, amused. "And then there's the other matter. I need to get some friends off my back. Any advice?"

His voice was as jocular as it ever got.

Valentine shook her head, before lifting her hands in a gesture of futility. "You could be a complete jerk and people would still attach themselves to you, Ender. I'd suggest hiding, but if they're the friends I think you mean, not even hiding would save you."

But beware the curse of 09/09/09! Upside down it's 60/60/60!

09/09/09 for me means likely SP.

Which kind of rhymes...

...shut up.

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