How do you explain Project Freelancer to someone? She resheathes her sword once she's sure the blade hasn't been nicked. General Piotr would probably give her several kinds of hell if she damaged the weapon he'd entrusted her with. One hand rubs her the back of her neck absently, the metal AI port at the base of her skull gets colder than the rest of her skin and aches at times.

"Where I come from... we have weapons that these Barrayarans have never even dreamed of. The scale is... well, we've had wars that spanned several planets with alien species." And against other humans as well. Some things don't change no matter what.