002 ◈ private text + voice;
[ private ] So that makes exactly one month here, and the reality of the situation, arguably, is only finally beginning to settle in. This being exactly what I would have wished for once, it's ironic but largely unsurprising to find myself ambivalent about it now. Vor wherever I go. Miles will be pleased -- or maybe not -- to know that he was right.
At this point, I suppose I can't do much more than hope that what everyone says about time staying stalled at home will prove true. An absence this long will be much harder to explain with indigestion, an eager volunteer, and a trip to the country. People would have noticed by now. And with the summer looking like it would be particularly bad one for Komarran agitators, I think it's better if I don't spend much time contemplating what that "noticing" would involve.
There's only so much comfort to find in telling Ourself that We are only one of many and that a civilization as advanced and well-weathered as Barrayar can continue to function in Our absence. For these purposes, it doesn't matter much when it's not likely to be the popular opinion. [ /private ]
[ voice ]
[ Gregor's stuffed nose is audible. ]
I take it we precede the nasopharyngitis vaccine by a few years at least here, then?
At this point, I suppose I can't do much more than hope that what everyone says about time staying stalled at home will prove true. An absence this long will be much harder to explain with indigestion, an eager volunteer, and a trip to the country. People would have noticed by now. And with the summer looking like it would be particularly bad one for Komarran agitators, I think it's better if I don't spend much time contemplating what that "noticing" would involve.
There's only so much comfort to find in telling Ourself that We are only one of many and that a civilization as advanced and well-weathered as Barrayar can continue to function in Our absence. For these purposes, it doesn't matter much when it's not likely to be the popular opinion. [ /private ]
[ voice ]
[ Gregor's stuffed nose is audible. ]
I take it we precede the nasopharyngitis vaccine by a few years at least here, then?