Existe pelo menos um - depois da batalha final, tanto Graff quanto Mazer conversam com Ender brevemente. Eles explicam (entre outras coisas) por que o comandante tinha que ser uma criança, mantido no escuro sobre o fato de que os navios e os homens eram reais. Depois que Ender se vira e tenta ir dormir, Graff e Mazer discutem se eles o empurraram demais, e Mazer termina a conversa afirmando essencialmente "Eu fiz o que eu fiz, e nós vencemos. Você pode criticar meus métodos, mas você Não posso provar que fiz algo que não precisei fazer. (Essa defesa é usada mais tarde por Graff em sua corte marcial).
Existe uma conversa diferente - pouco antes da batalha final. Enquanto ele está dormindo, ele ouve duas vozes:
During the night he thought he felt hands touching him gently. Hands with affection in them, and gentleness. He dreamed he heard voices.
"You haven't been kind to him.”
"That wasn't the assignment.”
"How long can he go on? He's breaking down.”
"Long enough. It's nearly finished.”
"So soon?”
"A few days, and then he's through.”
"How will he do, when he's already like this?”
"Fine. Even today, he fought better than ever.”
In his dream, the voices sounded like Colonel Graff and Mazer Rackham. But that was the way dreams were, the craziest things could happen, because he dreamed he heard one of the voices saying, "I can't bear to see what this is doing to him." And the other voice answered, "I know. I love him too." And then they changed into Valentine and Alai, and in his dream they were burying him, only a hill grew up where they laid his body down, and he dried out and became a home for buggers, like the Giant was.
Não se sabe quem são as vozes (embora eu sempre acredite que elas realmente são Mazer e Graff).