"Have the cetagandans actually been that bad? I mean, I watched one of their interrogations and it they didn't even hurt the prisoner at all. If that's how they treat prisoners, I don't see them causing more grief than the have to with this war. And think about all the good they could do here. Just look at this place, compared to the base we came from."

He gestured broadly towards the village, and it's bundled up inhabitants.

"I'm sure the Barrayaran forces have been just as bad, or worse."