"And they don't import it?" slips out, and then she realizes no, of course not. The Cetagandans can probably block them from getting things from other planets. They have billions of people across multiple planets, according to Sonia. They aren't going to have to work too hard to control what comes to Barrayar. "Never mind."

And then, quieter, knowing the man she's kneeling beside is probably too delirious to notice anything she's doing or saying, she mutters, "They need more than herbs."