[This is information Miles wants. He has a different perspective than Annie on the matter of Evandau's potential failure, however. He's all too aware of what it feels like to fail your liege lord that way, and it makes him reluctant to judge too critically. It'd be the worst kind of promotion to succeed his liege, one Miles would take bleakly, resulting civil war aside. Even in the event of his inevitable succession of his father and becoming Count Vorkosigan, he can't see himself taking any pride in it until long after the fact, in the face of so much grief.
He can't help but feel a bit of sympathy for the man, the Alderwood Emperor. Not that it will cloud his judgement; if anything, he thinks it will make it clearer, from that bit of understanding. He's in a keen historical position to appreciate the mindset of a soldier turned Emperor. Barrayar has a long, long history of them.]
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[This is information Miles wants. He has a different perspective than Annie on the matter of Evandau's potential failure, however. He's all too aware of what it feels like to fail your liege lord that way, and it makes him reluctant to judge too critically. It'd be the worst kind of promotion to succeed his liege, one Miles would take bleakly, resulting civil war aside. Even in the event of his inevitable succession of his father and becoming Count Vorkosigan, he can't see himself taking any pride in it until long after the fact, in the face of so much grief.
He can't help but feel a bit of sympathy for the man, the Alderwood Emperor. Not that it will cloud his judgement; if anything, he thinks it will make it clearer, from that bit of understanding. He's in a keen historical position to appreciate the mindset of a soldier turned Emperor. Barrayar has a long, long history of them.]