[ Well, okay. Miles' own apparent discomfort with being drawn to men is a little more curious, now, but still not too hard to understand, given Barrayar. He knows a little about Miles' parents, his mother was Betan, wasn't she? Didn't seem the sort to slit a throat over being scorned. Maybe. She did also sound singularly driven.

There's a slight tip to his head, curious. More information for him to store alongside everything else, fit into place. He's been slowly mapping out Miles' own family tree in his head, and hey, apparently there's a tenuous being beaten and fucked link to yours. Interesting. ]

I guess weeping's acceptable to Barrayarans if it's about the defilement of the Vor?

You don't sound all that shaken up about your uncle, though.