[ Miles nods at that, his expression gone soft and fond. ]

Da took two hours every day to spend time with me. While he was Regent for the Barrayaran Imperium during one of its most tumultuous historical periods. And directly after the Pretendership nearly destroyed it.

[ Two hours may not sound like much - may not be much - but in that context? Dear god. His father moved heaven and earth for his son. ]