"Yes. In a workshop originally intended for making cunning electrical sculptures. Over the course of several years."

"So it's Cetagandan technology, then," says Vorsoisson.

"It's my technology, and both I and the pen were developed on Eta Ceta. But everybody who owns a pen presently lives on Barrayar, and this will probably be the case for at least another year or so until I can invest in offplanet distribution attempts."