Tahiri, luckily, had just managed to log her twelfth and final vote call by the time Ender's call came through, so he was spared any heartily guttural swearing when she picked up. And where before she might have answered with a casual "Hello, Ender," she'd been back on the job for long enough that habit kicked in.

"Jedi Veila here. Hello, Ender."

. . . mostly.