He doesn't, of course. Not for sure. If they've merely travelled through time, they've definitely screwed up the timeline by now; if they've traveled through time and dimensions, then perhaps the situation would have been different to begin with. But, well...

It's not often that he lets this sort of thing loose from his lips. Town clowns tend not to be the most patriotic sorts, and so this sort of sentiment wouldn't be excellent for his cover. And even if that weren't true, it'd still get him laughed at, no doubt. But he can't fully help himself. Especially not with her looking at him like that.

And so he leans forward and says, like it's the most obvious thing in the world, "This is still Barrayar, isn't it? We don't surrender."