"Yeah, you, too," she mutters, getting up and stomping away. And just because he's being an ass, he's getting a poultice to the foot.

Plus, he could use one badly. He looks way, way worse, and the Barrayarans swear by it. And that's why, when she comes back, she ignores his head and lifts up the blankets near his feet.

"Gonna take off one of your boots," she tells him, like this is something she does every day (and lately, it is).