"More like her, yes," he says, with a grin to soften the blow. He's glad to meet a member of his family who isn't dignified Vor. Not many of those in either the Vorbarra or the Vorkosigan line.

But god it feels good to hear her say that. He had his family's support, even Piotr's by the end, but this is different. To just be accepted by a portion of his family he'd never known ... Tears well up in his own eyes for a moment. He has to swipe surreptitiously at his face.

"No," he murmurs, dropping his voice low. Not that there's any chance of them hearing. "Grandfather in particular was extremely opposed to my existence. He ... " And here he hesitates, not sure if he should go into the gory details. "He tried to kill me a few times, when I was young. In my uterine replicator, mostly."