Real Lord Vorkosigan? For all his apparently self-revealing babble the man remained as elusive as a handful of water. Water in the desert. The thought popped unbidden into her mind and she shook her head to clear it. After she returned to the infirmary Ekaterin sat up for a while with her aunt waiting for the Professor. Uncle Vorthys arrived in the next hour. He was unusually breathless and subdued as he sat on the edge of his wife's bed and embraced her. She hugged him back tears starting in her... read more
