[ Hmm. Bothari was surely on this man's radar if he's been paying attention, right? But Miles had leaned on him on the network already ... best hope this guy doesn't go combing. For now, he makes it vague. ]

I had a guard who took quite kindly to me. Barrayaran. We ended up on an excursion to Beta Colony - medical, perhaps, though they never told me - and convinced my guard that we could flee. Found my mother's relatives. Hid out for a while, then later managed to commandeer a ship. Most of what little education I had was there.