"I'm Sonia," she says by way of deflection, amused. Tucker's refreshing compared to the usual Barrayaran soldier, even though he's a little cocksure for her taste -- he reminds her more of the boys back on Beta Colony, where no one had any of those silly sexual double standards, or ridiculous laws about executing men who laid unlawfully with Vor ladies. Seriously, Barrayar, get with the times.
She leans back on the rock and politely refuses Tucker's cup with a little smile, drinking straight from the bottle. True Vor material, this one. "My only priority," she says, hissing in a breath to chase the vodka, "is to have fun. War is scary and exciting and always, always so chaotic -- but when you've been doing it for long enough, some parts of it get very, very boring."
She cocks her head at him, face glowing with a thoroughly entertained grin. "And who are you? Besides one of the outsiders, I mean."
you're right we shouldn't feel sorry for either of them AND DW ABOUT IT!!
"I'm Sonia," she says by way of deflection, amused. Tucker's refreshing compared to the usual Barrayaran soldier, even though he's a little cocksure for her taste -- he reminds her more of the boys back on Beta Colony, where no one had any of those silly sexual double standards, or ridiculous laws about executing men who laid unlawfully with Vor ladies. Seriously, Barrayar, get with the times.
She leans back on the rock and politely refuses Tucker's cup with a little smile, drinking straight from the bottle. True Vor material, this one. "My only priority," she says, hissing in a breath to chase the vodka, "is to have fun. War is scary and exciting and always, always so chaotic -- but when you've been doing it for long enough, some parts of it get very, very boring."
She cocks her head at him, face glowing with a thoroughly entertained grin. "And who are you? Besides one of the outsiders, I mean."