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Miles limp-paces a bit around the Nexus, then looks up at the sign and smiles wryly.
"So, apparently, there are or have been several women -- far too many, to hear my brother tell it -- who are capable of putting up with me, even being interested in me. And there exist plenty of women capable of putting up with my home planet -- many live there, after all. But it seems that never the twain shall meet."
He shrugs "There's the ingrained Barrayaran view of my physical condition on the one hand, and on the other...it's possible that all the luck in my family related to getting galactic women to settle down on Barrayar has been used up already."
"In order to get married, is it wiser to continue letting off-planet relationships start and then work up to the 'Have you ever considered 'Barrayaran Countess' as a career change?' question, or should I just focus on getting a Barrayaran girl to stand me?"
"So, apparently, there are or have been several women -- far too many, to hear my brother tell it -- who are capable of putting up with me, even being interested in me. And there exist plenty of women capable of putting up with my home planet -- many live there, after all. But it seems that never the twain shall meet."
He shrugs "There's the ingrained Barrayaran view of my physical condition on the one hand, and on the other...it's possible that all the luck in my family related to getting galactic women to settle down on Barrayar has been used up already."
"In order to get married, is it wiser to continue letting off-planet relationships start and then work up to the 'Have you ever considered 'Barrayaran Countess' as a career change?' question, or should I just focus on getting a Barrayaran girl to stand me?"