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Canon is the Vorkosigan books.
Well.
Let's see what happens.
Let's see what happens.
Sometimes, Sire, that's the best you can wish for.
[OOC: My Illyan is rusty but another Vorkosigan player definitely made me want to dust him off 8D]
[OOC: My Illyan is rusty but another Vorkosigan player definitely made me want to dust him off 8D]
[A faint frown pulls at the corner of Illyan's mouth, but the expression is barely there and in a blink, completely gone.]
That, however, is not.
[OOC: :D How early? Vor Game early? What I've played of Illyan has been early, but like...Escobaran war early...]
That, however, is not.
[OOC: :D How early? Vor Game early? What I've played of Illyan has been early, but like...Escobaran war early...]
No... [ Agreement. Not a damn thing he can do about it, though.
Method of survival, in an office like Emperor: figure out how not to care too much about the things you can't change. ]
I'm not sure what she'll find, if she removes me from the office of the Emperor.
Method of survival, in an office like Emperor: figure out how not to care too much about the things you can't change. ]
I'm not sure what she'll find, if she removes me from the office of the Emperor.
Nothing pleasant I'm sure. [There's only the slightest pause before Illyan continues on, dry, almost observant.]
Impsec for one would not be pleased.
Impsec for one would not be pleased.
[This time the frown that passes over Illyan's features is swift but deep, his fingers twitching slightly by his side.]
Now that, Sire, is something that I very much don't like.
Now that, Sire, is something that I very much don't like.
I'm not very fond of it either.
[ Imperial Security isn't a chokehold, for Gregor. It's his natural environment, or the closest he comes to a natural environment. Being without it is... free-fall. It's danger. It's all these things he shouldn't be exposed to. ]
[ Imperial Security isn't a chokehold, for Gregor. It's his natural environment, or the closest he comes to a natural environment. Being without it is... free-fall. It's danger. It's all these things he shouldn't be exposed to. ]
[Illyan let out a low, tense sigh.]
Nothing that you or I could do? That is...quite a situation.
Nothing that you or I could do? That is...quite a situation.
[She returns that frown, very well aware that he will fight her on this.]
I'm serious. That hypothetical worst that could happen? I will almost certainly end up being a part of it if you try to get close.
[And he could get close. He's Gregor. He could do anything he put his mind to.]
...You aren't going to listen to me, are you?
I'm serious. That hypothetical worst that could happen? I will almost certainly end up being a part of it if you try to get close.
[And he could get close. He's Gregor. He could do anything he put his mind to.]
...You aren't going to listen to me, are you?
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