Sonia's never had a boyfriend, not in any sense of the world. For one, she'd left Beta Colony when she was thirteen -- her older sister was the one who got to reap the benefits of that society -- and no one on Barrayar has ever heard of dating. It's all courtly nonsense arranged marriages.

She wrinkles her nose in thought. "Hmm. I suppose. But I don't ever sing when anybody's around. I'm not very good."