"So?" Sonia finds herself lurching to her feet -- at first, because she thinks she might actually be sick, but she falters, hesitates as her stomach does a quick flip and turns toward Byerly instead. "So you think that precludes all other consequences? It may have been political to you, but it was personal to me. Do you -- do you think you can break with Barrayar and take me with you? Is that what you think?"