<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?><Olive><Responses><Character>aced0005737200116f626a656374732e43686172616374657200000000000000000200034c00056974656d737400154c6a6176612f7574696c2f41727261794c6973743b4c00086c6f636174696f6e7400124c6a6176612f6c616e672f537472696e673b4c00046e616d6571007e00027870737200136a6176612e7574696c2e41727261794c6973747881d21d99c7619d03000149000473697a657870000000037704000000037400084954454d312d49447400084954454d322d49447400084954454d332d4944787400035858587400044a6f686e</Character></Responses></Olive>

Node characterElement = responsesElementChildren.item(0);  // <Character>
String characterSerialized = characterElement.getTextContent();
ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream( characterSerialized.getBytes() );
ObjectInputStream ins = new ObjectInputStream( bais );
objects.Character retrievedCharacter = (objects.Character) ins.readObject();

java.io.StreamCorruptedException: invalid stream header: 61636564
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readStreamHeader(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at network.requests.RequestRetrieveCharacter.addResponse(RequestRetrieveCharacter.java:99)
    at network.GameServer.ask(GameServer.java:151)
    at Client.main(Client.java:43)