Galen glares briefly at him before addressing the vid again.
"The embassy is a perfect isolated test case, a practice run before the real thing on Barrayar. If Vorpatril tumbles to you, we can eliminate him before your return, and you'll be that much better prepared."
"About that," says the clone. "We only just found out about this Admiral Naismith business. What else have you missed, in my education? A whole double life is pretty big. I can scarcely imagine where the next major hole is going to be."
"Miles, we've been over that," says Galen. "We knew there'd be gaps over which you'd have to improvise. But we'll never have a better opportunity to insert you into his life. It was now or never." He takes a steadying breath. "So, you got through the night all right...?"
"Yeah, just one thing," says the clone. "His wife showed up for a visit, and she noticed something off. I had to stun her before she had a chance to take her suspicions elsewhere. Iā"
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Date: 2014-09-05 06:39 pm (UTC)"The embassy is a perfect isolated test case, a practice run before the real thing on Barrayar. If Vorpatril tumbles to you, we can eliminate him before your return, and you'll be that much better prepared."
"About that," says the clone. "We only just found out about this Admiral Naismith business. What else have you missed, in my education? A whole double life is pretty big. I can scarcely imagine where the next major hole is going to be."
"Miles, we've been over that," says Galen. "We knew there'd be gaps over which you'd have to improvise. But we'll never have a better opportunity to insert you into his life. It was now or never." He takes a steadying breath. "So, you got through the night all right...?"
"Yeah, just one thing," says the clone. "His wife showed up for a visit, and she noticed something off. I had to stun her before she had a chance to take her suspicions elsewhere. Iā"