See, this is why you never tell the truth. This is why you always lie. Why didn't he lie? What possessed him to be honest? Some desire to help Barrayar, to employ his knowledge of her future for the betterment of her past...Patriotism has always been one of his greatest character flaws, truly.

Somehow, he swallows down the hysterical joke about how he has always had trouble talking straight, would talking bisexual do?, and heroically resists the urge to try to jerk his arms out of the burly grip of those Armsmen. "Sir," he responds instead, desperation edging his voice, "you're the ranking officer in the area. I'm obligated to tell you everything. So I'm trying to tell you everything. The fact that everything is insane right now does not make me a Cetagandan spy." In frustration, he snarls, "The Cetagandans don't send bad spies!"