Yeah, but he'd still be -- ( yuri vorbarra's great nephew. ivan doesn't know how heavy that weighs on gregor, on account of his distant cousin keeping that particular card close to his chest, but he'd be a far bigger idiot than he pretends to be if he didn't think for one moment it doesn't ever occur to gregor to think about who he's related to. the vorpatril family is only marginally inbred, thanks, with no noteworthy figures of history past; he thinks he's rather lucked out in all this. ivan waves his hand in an attempt to convey his meaning, fails, and then gives up. ) No one would want that.
( barrayarans, right? )
Contract. Right. What do you get from it, then?
( he's too barrayaran to put much stock in contracts, but miles seems to like them and trust them well enough. but an oath is-- it's a promise, in a way, and you can always fall back on an oath in times of need when it's a relationship between two people. they're never entirely one way; gregor has an obligation to him in different ways than ivan's obligation to gregor. but a contract is just-- what would you lose, by breaking it? why keep it, if it's just words on a flimsy or reader? )
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( barrayarans, right? )
Contract. Right. What do you get from it, then?
( he's too barrayaran to put much stock in contracts, but miles seems to like them and trust them well enough. but an oath is-- it's a promise, in a way, and you can always fall back on an oath in times of need when it's a relationship between two people. they're never entirely one way; gregor has an obligation to him in different ways than ivan's obligation to gregor. but a contract is just-- what would you lose, by breaking it? why keep it, if it's just words on a flimsy or reader? )