Oh, yes. Vorkosigans especially. But it's all... fluff and nonsense to him, this liege thing. That I'd feel beholden to do anything but use him for my own ends. Which I can't blame him for, so--

[An oblique half-shrug.]

I tried to meet him at a place he could understand from. He'd have done something for me by flipping, neutralized the whole plot, so I'd owe him.