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1、InvestmentCounselorOrsonScottCardAndrewWigginturnedtwentythedayhereachedtheplanetSorelledolce.Orrather,aftercomplicatedcalculationsofhowmanysecondshehadbeeninflight,andatwhatpercentageoflightspeed,andthereforewhatamountofsubjectivetimehadelapsedforhim,hereachedtheconclusionthathehadpassedhistw
2、entiethbirthdayjustbeforetheendofthevoyage.Thiswasmuchmorerelevanttohimthantheotherpertinentfact—thatfourhundredandsome-oddyearshadpassedsincethedayhewasborn,backonEarth,backwhenthehumanracehadnotspreadbeyondthesolarsystemofitsbirth.WhenValentineemergedfromthedebarkationchamber—alphabeticallys
3、hewasalwaysafterhim—Andrewgreetedherwiththenews."Ijustfigureditout,"hesaid."I'mtwenty.""Good,"shesaid."Nowyoucanstartpayingtaxesliketherestofus."EversincetheendofthewarofXenocide,Andrewhadlivedonatrustfundsetupbyagratefulworldtorewardthecommanderofthefleetsthatsavedhumanity.Well,strictlyspeaki
4、ng,thatactionwastakenattheendoftheThirdBuggerWar,whenpeoplestillthoughtoftheBuggersasmonstersandthechildrenwhocommandedthefleetasheroes.BythetimethenamewaschangedtotheWarofXenocide,humanitywasnolongergrateful,andthelastthinganygovernmentwouldhavedaredtodowasauthorizeapensiontrustfundforEnderWi
5、ggin,theperpetratorofthemostawfulcrimeinhumanhistory.Infact,ifithadbecomeknownthatsuchafundexisted,itwouldhavebecomeapublicscandal.ButtheinterstellarfleetwasslowtoconverttotheideathatdestroyingtheBuggershadbeenabadidea.Andsotheycarefullyshieldedthetrustfundfrompublicview,dispersingitamongmanym
6、utualfundsandasstockinmanydifferentcompanies,withnosingleauthoritycontrollinganysignificantportionofthemoney.Effectively,theyhadmadethemoneydisappear,andonlyAndrewhimselfandhissisterValentineknewwherethemoneywas,orhowmuchofittherewas.Onething,though,wascertain:Bylaw,whenAndrewreachedthesubject
7、iveageoftwenty,thetax-exemptstatusofhisholdingswouldberevoked.Theincomewouldstartbeingreportedtotheappropriateauthorities.Andrewwouldhavetofileataxreporteithereveryyearoreverytimeheconcludedaninterstellarvoyageofgreaterthanoneyearinobje
