More a curse for you than for me, [ he murmurs. ] I don't mind it.
[ Deliberately said, that, as a message that he's not about to demand strict obedience from Aral. Anyway, Miles (and Aral, though this comes up for Gregor much less often) is never insubordinate when it really counts. Gregor tries hard not to entrap either of them in orders they cannot fulfill without crushing some part of themselves. It's one reason he's so sparing with orders. ]
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[ Deliberately said, that, as a message that he's not about to demand strict obedience from Aral. Anyway, Miles (and Aral, though this comes up for Gregor much less often) is never insubordinate when it really counts. Gregor tries hard not to entrap either of them in orders they cannot fulfill without crushing some part of themselves. It's one reason he's so sparing with orders. ]