"Yeah." She's grateful for the fact that he doesn't dig deeper; if he had, she'd be stuck going Blame Daryl, and that won't help anything. This is simpler, and it's probably a better idea to talk about the present, anyway. Thinking about home will only make her miss something she'll never see again. "Maybe we can fight sometime. Spar."

It's a sword fight, but the act is sparring--she's getting the hang of it. "Have you been using the rapiers or the broadswords?"

Or both, but if he's as far behind the Barrayarans as she is, maybe he's picked one to focus on.