[It lingers, then, sliding down his neck to settle comfortably, familiarly on his shoulder. Bel isn't without sympathy... A terrifying new change in the wake of death and life, going back to Barrayar with only half his mind put back in its right place, the events and mysteries they just lived through... There's some part of them that wonders if the vehement attempts to keep Bel was just to try and keep as much the same as possible.]
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... Then tell Quinn, at least, if you haven't.