Welcome to life around Miles Vorkosigan. God knows how his parents deal with it -- maybe they're just used to family members in constant danger, what with Uncle Aral's job and all.

( anyway, not important. and definitely not what he's here for. )

Less talked about and more asked. How'd you like to go on a date, Elizabeth?

( with him, obviously. ivan grins at her, leaning back in his chair. he can take a rejection if she tells him no, as he always does, but he thinks he's got a pretty decent shot at this. he'd kick himself if he never asked. there's nothing wrong with going on a few dates with someone here, away from his mother and the expectations of his caste. it means no one's going to be breathing down his neck and asking if he wants to get married, at the very least.

thank god for that. )