What? What insanity is this? The clone can't help himself. He stares at Naismith with confusion - and not a bit of suspicion - and not a bit of horror, too. Brothers. Vorkosigan is no brother to him. Naismith wouldn't be, either. Is that really Betan law? Further proof that Betans are all lunatics. His closest family is a uterine replicator. His only family. And clones from his creche whose personalities are now no more than incinerated bio-waste. So what sort of provocation is this meant to be? What kind of test? Did he say that just to provoke the clone into reacting with appropriate revulsion?
Brothers.
Nonsense. Nonsense. He tries to shake himself mentally, like a dog shedding water - but unfortunately, like for that dog, like with water, the sheer ridiculous insanity clings to his memory. Brothers. His voice is a little too harsh and a little too strident for cheery, babbly Lord Vorkosigan. But he feels like the reaction is about right. ]
That was a quick jump - from fear to wanting to inherit in less than a minute.
no subject
What? What insanity is this? The clone can't help himself. He stares at Naismith with confusion - and not a bit of suspicion - and not a bit of horror, too. Brothers. Vorkosigan is no brother to him. Naismith wouldn't be, either. Is that really Betan law? Further proof that Betans are all lunatics. His closest family is a uterine replicator. His only family. And clones from his creche whose personalities are now no more than incinerated bio-waste. So what sort of provocation is this meant to be? What kind of test? Did he say that just to provoke the clone into reacting with appropriate revulsion?
Brothers.
Nonsense. Nonsense. He tries to shake himself mentally, like a dog shedding water - but unfortunately, like for that dog, like with water, the sheer ridiculous insanity clings to his memory. Brothers. His voice is a little too harsh and a little too strident for cheery, babbly Lord Vorkosigan. But he feels like the reaction is about right. ]
That was a quick jump - from fear to wanting to inherit in less than a minute.