Yes, [he concedes, nodding.] Less dangerous in the leap, certainly. But in the fall...
I must catch you. Now and forever after, you would not be alone. I must be there, always; I would owe you it, to stand between you and all the rest. That is the danger, for me. Anything you did, I would be culpable for, whether it was in my name or not.
[He must at least understand the legal ramifications, with the vicious cannibalistic legal system of Jackson's Whole. But he thinks too it must be a tempting offer, to have a legal protection that is irrespective of all else, wholesale, in a way no Deal could ever be. Barrayarans do not renege; that is the whole source of Gregor's difficulties in telling everyone here he is a deserter. There is no mustering out.]
no subject
I must catch you. Now and forever after, you would not be alone. I must be there, always; I would owe you it, to stand between you and all the rest. That is the danger, for me. Anything you did, I would be culpable for, whether it was in my name or not.
[He must at least understand the legal ramifications, with the vicious cannibalistic legal system of Jackson's Whole. But he thinks too it must be a tempting offer, to have a legal protection that is irrespective of all else, wholesale, in a way no Deal could ever be. Barrayarans do not renege; that is the whole source of Gregor's difficulties in telling everyone here he is a deserter. There is no mustering out.]