[ In simple terms. Yeah. Thanks. So damned simple. But Byerly, for all that he's an uneducated rube when it comes to physics and...light, and the things that are associated with physics and light...well. He is absurdly sharp, if he doesn't flatter himself to think so, and so he thinks he gets it. And is more than a little chilled by it.
Light to create physical objects. And nothing more than light? Surely - God willing - that took an absurd amount of energy. It had to. Because if this was something that could be done at will, spontaneously, then that was dangerous in Cetagandan hands. They're limited in their ability to hunt down the resistance due to their difficulty in establishing a foothold in the Dendarii Mountains. Their base has to be down here. But if they could set up a base in the blink of an eye, without worrying about guerrilla attacks, then they could advance smoothly, take the last free Barrayaran territory...
A bit unwarily, he asks her - ]
They took the technology from you?
[ But no. He looks at her and realizes - that wasn't it at all. With that expression on her face...If the Cetagandans had taken away her ability to create with light, then she certainly wouldn't be arguing in their favor. ]
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Light to create physical objects. And nothing more than light? Surely - God willing - that took an absurd amount of energy. It had to. Because if this was something that could be done at will, spontaneously, then that was dangerous in Cetagandan hands. They're limited in their ability to hunt down the resistance due to their difficulty in establishing a foothold in the Dendarii Mountains. Their base has to be down here. But if they could set up a base in the blink of an eye, without worrying about guerrilla attacks, then they could advance smoothly, take the last free Barrayaran territory...
A bit unwarily, he asks her - ]
They took the technology from you?
[ But no. He looks at her and realizes - that wasn't it at all. With that expression on her face...If the Cetagandans had taken away her ability to create with light, then she certainly wouldn't be arguing in their favor. ]