The lack of a reaction was as interesting as any reaction at all, something Ender stamped and filed away. He wasn't here to play the high school student out on a tour, though, and while there was sense of wonder that passed over his features as he looked up into the vast senate chamber - a lot like the battle room, in its way - it was muted with a more academic curiosity.

"It is beautiful," he agreed, his eyes flitting towards Leia. "I meant no disrespect," he said, after a moment. "It's just that I suspect your problems may one day become ours, if we don't learn where we can."