[ He adjusts himself to stand behind her. Interesting, those hands, he thinks. This is a warrior woman. From where, though? Not Beta: Betan women can be fierce, but they certainly don't train their soldiers in the sort of combat that leaves those calluses. Pol? Jackson's Whole? Possibly, though the accent doesn't sound right...Clearly not Cetagandan, for all that she has the bearing of a haut. Well. She has what he imagines a haut's bearing to be. God knows that Byerly Vorrutyer has never seen a haut woman. ]
You have managed to ask me to do the one task for which I am actually, truly qualified. A bit of fashion. There.
[ With enormous decorum, he does just as she's commanded. ]
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[ He adjusts himself to stand behind her. Interesting, those hands, he thinks. This is a warrior woman. From where, though? Not Beta: Betan women can be fierce, but they certainly don't train their soldiers in the sort of combat that leaves those calluses. Pol? Jackson's Whole? Possibly, though the accent doesn't sound right...Clearly not Cetagandan, for all that she has the bearing of a haut. Well. She has what he imagines a haut's bearing to be. God knows that Byerly Vorrutyer has never seen a haut woman. ]
You have managed to ask me to do the one task for which I am actually, truly qualified. A bit of fashion. There.
[ With enormous decorum, he does just as she's commanded. ]