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[It's a strange concept to Aral, but then, no one has ever served a Vorkosigan hoping for wealth.]

For something like that, you'd have to seek Jackson's Whole.

[The real question though... Vorkosigan gathers something of an abstracted look, considering that.] To swear outside or on top of duty usually is upon the heels of some large event or series of events, often life changing in some way.

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...Do I even wanna know?

[He knows there's some pretty jacked up stuff in your universe, Aral. He's playing around with the rim of the cup.]

Now is that done without an already established personal relationship?

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[The smile he gives Kirk is a bit of a black twist.] Depends on your stomach for dystopia, I imagine.

[He takes another sip of his own coffee, draining it.] It has been known to happen. A life saved, revenge offered, those sort of concepts. But it would be termed rarer these days, I imagine.

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[He makes a bit of a face at that.]

Yeah we actually try to avoid those where I'm from.

[He's enjoying the taste of the coffee and isn't drinking it so much for the caffeine hit, so he still has some left. He takes another sip.]

Okay...what kinds of personal relationships are usually prerequisite to this?

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An armsman to a lord, or a lord to an emperor. There is rarely cause for a relationship to exist, much less opportunity for that kind of trust and devotion to be built without it.

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Those are considered personal? They sound more professional.

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You asked the prerequisite. If they form, it is from such relationships, in truth.

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[Another sip of coffee as he contemplates.]

...I think you answered just about all of the questions I had.

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[He nods, amiably at that, and then fixes Kirk with a particularly shrewd look, as if considering him on multiple levels.]

Then I've one: The reason for you interest in this particular aspect?

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[Jim quirks an eyebrow.]

Cultural research. Might as well learn a thing or two about different civilizations while I'm here, right?

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[The answer is the intensely eloquent and verbose:] Horseshit.

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[Yeah he figured he'd get called out on that one. He drains the rest of his coffee.]

I was curious after seeing the way Greg and Miles interacted.

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[He nods at that. He'd assumed, but it was hardly any great leap of logic to reach. This however, sparks a bit of curiosity, how it appears from a nearly outside view.]

Does it satisfy?

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Your explanation in general or your explanation as applied to observation?

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The latter, actually. The former is inadequate, I'm aware.

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[He looks at Aral for a few seconds before answering.]

To be honest, no. Not quite.

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Hm.

[He nods at that, and gathers both cups before standing.]

Please feel welcome to return. It was a good conversation.

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I'll be in for more of that. [A nod of his head towards the cups in Aral's hands.] And the conversation. [A small smirk here.]

Appreciate your time.