[ The paranoid part of By's brain, the part that absorbed those ImpSec special courses just a little bit too well, thinks that this would be an excellent opportunity to assassinate Maine. With as huge and ferocious as the man is, he's almost certainly untouchable on the battlefield - particularly since the great equalizers that are nerve disruptor and plasma arc simply aren't available to the Barrayaran forces. The only way one could kill him would be by blade. And he could fend off swords. But a little knife, slipped through the bone and sinew in a cave, in the dark...
Well. Byerly doesn't want the man dead. And anyway, that's all a terribly phallic line of thinking, penetration and spilled fluids, and he's much fonder of other phallic ways of thinking. Which are, presently, quite a bit more relevant than backstabbing and murders.
And so, with exaggerated elegance, he places his bare hand (less impeccably manicured than usual, damn this camp) on Maine's arm and uses it to lever himself upright. A lazy, sweeping salute thanks him for his service, and then he steps out and takes the lead. Damn, but those touches were - good. Needed. His blood is still flowing.
The walk to the cave is indeed brief. They're there within only a few minutes, and as they approach By wheels suddenly and presses his own mouth against Maine's throat. If you're serious. Take that. ]
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Well. Byerly doesn't want the man dead. And anyway, that's all a terribly phallic line of thinking, penetration and spilled fluids, and he's much fonder of other phallic ways of thinking. Which are, presently, quite a bit more relevant than backstabbing and murders.
And so, with exaggerated elegance, he places his bare hand (less impeccably manicured than usual, damn this camp) on Maine's arm and uses it to lever himself upright. A lazy, sweeping salute thanks him for his service, and then he steps out and takes the lead. Damn, but those touches were - good. Needed. His blood is still flowing.
The walk to the cave is indeed brief. They're there within only a few minutes, and as they approach By wheels suddenly and presses his own mouth against Maine's throat. If you're serious. Take that. ]