Sweet of her to say. He wonders if she means it. He couldn't have, of course - going to music school takes money, after all, and money was never something his family was rich in. No, no, they were always rich in...well, not love, either. Neuroses and passive-aggression, that was the one.

Curious thing, though. "You know it? How odd. I thought it was a Barrayaran folk song." His lips twitch in a philosophical sort of interest. "I suppose...well. I suppose folk songs always get their start somewhere. Being an Old Earth song is as good a start as any."