And so instead you're inviting people to parade themselves instead. Completely different.

[can't decide whether painful or funny to hear the point being so completely and repeatedly missed]

And.....? Don't tell me that's another one of your Barrayaran customs. How far along the family tree do you have to go before it's safe? Bad enough you cut off half the playing field to begin with. If you're going to do this anyway, why not go full throttle?

...You don't say. Being a... what was it, "egotistical prat," was he?