"Of course I've been off world. You think I've never been to Beta Colony?" Yuri sneers at Miles with a scoff of disgust. "Did you think my reservations came from blind ignorance? Watch your tongue, mutant."
He's going to have to have a talk with Vorkosigan about his sentimentality, or whatever it is that compelled him to allow this to crawl into his ranks. Or better yet, perhaps his niece. No doubt she's the source of it all.
"Don't mistake me. I have no interest in making an isolationist planet out of Barrayar. But Vorkosigan goes too far lately, and war is not the time or place for his progressive agenda." He looks at Miles again, actually looks at him. Not that he likes what he sees on a second glance. "Tell me. Did Vorkosigan conscript you personally?"
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He's going to have to have a talk with Vorkosigan about his sentimentality, or whatever it is that compelled him to allow this to crawl into his ranks. Or better yet, perhaps his niece. No doubt she's the source of it all.
"Don't mistake me. I have no interest in making an isolationist planet out of Barrayar. But Vorkosigan goes too far lately, and war is not the time or place for his progressive agenda." He looks at Miles again, actually looks at him. Not that he likes what he sees on a second glance. "Tell me. Did Vorkosigan conscript you personally?"