[ No sense in hiding it now. It would be obvious soon enough if this boy stays for any length of time, and it looks for all the world like he's stranded. Unfair, too, after that display.
He bows artfully. ]
Lord Miles Vorkosigan. [ A beat. Normally that would be all he says, but he gets the sense this kid wants more context than that. ] My family owns this house, yes, and most of the guards are either Imperial Security or sworn guardsmen to Count Vorkosigan. He - my father - was the Lord Regent of the Barrayaran Imperium until Gregor gained his majority, and he and I are the first two in the line of succession to the Imperial Throne.
[ That's not a good thing, from his tone of voice. Not only is Gregor one of Miles' best friends, but being the Emperor is a job Miles desperately does not want to undertake. ]
no subject
He bows artfully. ]
Lord Miles Vorkosigan. [ A beat. Normally that would be all he says, but he gets the sense this kid wants more context than that. ] My family owns this house, yes, and most of the guards are either Imperial Security or sworn guardsmen to Count Vorkosigan. He - my father - was the Lord Regent of the Barrayaran Imperium until Gregor gained his majority, and he and I are the first two in the line of succession to the Imperial Throne.
[ That's not a good thing, from his tone of voice. Not only is Gregor one of Miles' best friends, but being the Emperor is a job Miles desperately does not want to undertake. ]