[ His smile turns wry - and just a touch melancholy. ]

You see quite clearly, milady. Indeed I'm not. And couldn't ever be, although there was a time when I tried. That is why I have no real place in my world.

[ He looks down, then shrugs with one shoulder. ]

Hence being here. I wouldn't make a good Cetagandan either, but at least I'd be slightly better at that than I was at being a Barrayaran. They have an appreciation for beauty.

[ Upon saying that, he gestures to Satya - the flattery more genuine for the unconsciousness of the gesture. He simply acknowledges her, without hesitation or forethought, as an exemplar of beauty. ]