Not the first time. [Bel's eyes closed, content at that idle gesture, no matter what nerves it came from.] Forward, I imagine.
... We could call it off. Just head the fleet out into space. You'd have Quinn back in an instant. [And Bel wouldn't lose THIS... they can almost feel it, as unfair as it was, the amount things are going to change when they make landfall.]
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I don't know where anything is going next, it seems.
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... We could call it off. Just head the fleet out into space. You'd have Quinn back in an instant. [And Bel wouldn't lose THIS... they can almost feel it, as unfair as it was, the amount things are going to change when they make landfall.]
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These people view me as family. And they thought I was dead for weeks. No matter what happens, I owe them a moment's peace.
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We'll deal with Barrayar when we make orbit.
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