( he wants to see her, which is a pretty overwhelming reason to put up with any matter of scars. he might be shallow when it comes to first meeting women, but he tends to be alright with whatever flaws he can see after getting to know them.
he's kind of a shallow lout that's just beginning to get over himself, what can he say. )
There's four main languages on Barrayar -- English, Russian, French, and Greek. Our alphabet has to cover all the sounds made by all of them. Most everything is written in English, using the different characters for the appropriate sounds. It's really not so bad if you can speak all of them to begin with.
( which he does, although his strength lies in french rather than russian -- the vorpatrils have their roots in being british, and his mother english and french. )
Or he'll devise some cunning plan to steal it out from under them. Worth a shot, though.
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( he wants to see her, which is a pretty overwhelming reason to put up with any matter of scars. he might be shallow when it comes to first meeting women, but he tends to be alright with whatever flaws he can see after getting to know them.
he's kind of a shallow lout that's just beginning to get over himself, what can he say. )
There's four main languages on Barrayar -- English, Russian, French, and Greek. Our alphabet has to cover all the sounds made by all of them. Most everything is written in English, using the different characters for the appropriate sounds. It's really not so bad if you can speak all of them to begin with.
( which he does, although his strength lies in french rather than russian -- the vorpatrils have their roots in being british, and his mother english and french. )
Or he'll devise some cunning plan to steal it out from under them. Worth a shot, though.