[ From his mother? Does that...make sense? Does Cordelia Naismith know business? The clone knows nearly everything about Aral Vorkosigan, his habits and his preferences and his psych profile and everything, but...Cordelia is a mystery. But if there's that offer of why it would be the case...

I'll take it. ]

Yeah. Sorry.

[ And another excuse that Aral is providing for him. The clone remembers Galen's descriptions - that Aral dotes on his son. That it'll blind him until it's too late. It looks like that's...very true. So, a little braver, he lies: ]

They want analysis of the prospects of biotech firms. Firms in the biotech industry. Which ones are likely to turn a profit.

[ "And I recommended that they invest in cloning. That's a real growth industry." ]