"You left safely with the rest of your fleet and your report-in to ImpSec after went unremarked upon," he says flatly. If Miles Vorkosigan had died, Duv damn well would have heard it particularly that close to when the man had served under his command.

"They," he says, voice low since he doesn't want to say the word 'Cetagandan' in a hillfolk village, "didn't succeed in the hit they took out on you."

In case Miles has forgotten. The young man surely can't think Duv would believe he somehow missed that news.