Try to find Miles Ilyan. And who is that, exactly? He's tried to blend as much truth into his identity out of sheer practicality if nothing else. The less he has to lie, the better off he's going to be. He could have slipped back into Admiral Naismith - perhaps that would even have been the safest option - but it seems wrong to turn his back on his Barrayaran heritage completely. And impractical, when his language skills are proving to be so damned useful.
Where does that leave him really? Lord Vorkosigan is beyond impossible, even if he'd felt himself up to it. Miles the ordinary Barrayaran ... Ha. He knows himself too well for that. The younger version in front of him had it right about making a cave so damn big everyone else must needs be drawn in. Knowing himself, it's going to happen eventually. He might as well make it a good one.
In the end he snorts lightly. If his younger self is drunk enough to make a rambling point, then Miles is drunk enough to accept one.
"Miles Ilyan of the Barrayaran resistance?" he says, with no small amount of sarcasm. It's such a bad idea. Which means it's probably going to happen. "Perhaps you won't even get a chance to fuck up the same way I did. The timeline is going to be absolute chaos."
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Where does that leave him really? Lord Vorkosigan is beyond impossible, even if he'd felt himself up to it. Miles the ordinary Barrayaran ... Ha. He knows himself too well for that. The younger version in front of him had it right about making a cave so damn big everyone else must needs be drawn in. Knowing himself, it's going to happen eventually. He might as well make it a good one.
In the end he snorts lightly. If his younger self is drunk enough to make a rambling point, then Miles is drunk enough to accept one.
"Miles Ilyan of the Barrayaran resistance?" he says, with no small amount of sarcasm. It's such a bad idea. Which means it's probably going to happen. "Perhaps you won't even get a chance to fuck up the same way I did. The timeline is going to be absolute chaos."