[ Gosh. He feels like he's being tested all over again. Well, fine. A moment of defiance in return - he'll rise to that challenge.

The hunger is strange though, half worrying and half ... hungry himself, to feel that coming from his father. Is this how his father felt all the time back home? Had Miles just been unable to see it? Surely - surely. He swallows a little, overwhelmed by the force of it.

Gregor is an easy subject in comparison. The light that emanates from Miles is blinding - admiration, affection, fierce protectiveness all rolled up into one. Wild horses couldn't tear Miles from his Emperor's side. Another reason to devote himself so completely to his cover. ]

He's - incredible. One of the greatest men I know. And he's saner than me, we checked.

[ The last almost an afterthought against all of Miles' blazing conviction. ]