[ Wash lets other people laugh at him for their benefit all the time, too, really. And really, as much as he'd turned down Byerly right off the bat, it'd been because Byerly had completely fucking misjudged him. What happened in Vorskosigan Vashnoi is sound enough evidence that Wash's interest isn't exactly zero, though different from how Byerly might've thought it would go. Not that Miles knows about that.
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Maybe smiling a little at Miles. ]
Is that all it is?