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Linya avoids haring off to do things much while Miles's arms are unusable. Once he can feed himself comfortably enough to prefer to do so, though, she makes plans with Ekaterin to go with her and little Nikki on a hike in some nice woods of mixed-origin fauna. She packs a picnic and takes the lightflyer and flies out to pick up the relevant subset of Vorsoissons.
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first-loyalty
Nikki nods at this entirely reasonable response.
Ekaterin manages not to giggle.
Ekaterin manages not to giggle.
first-loyalty
"Dunno," he says.
"Well, when my arms get tired, I'm going to have to put you down," says Ekaterin. "But I can carry you until then."
"Well, when my arms get tired, I'm going to have to put you down," says Ekaterin. "But I can carry you until then."
first-loyalty
Nikki peers at Linya, as though to evaluate her carrying capacity.
first-loyalty
...Nikki puzzles over this answer, and falls silent. Ekaterin smiles.
isthisart
And eventually there is the picnic place!
Linya has a picnic blanket in her basket. Swoosh! Now it is there for sitting on.
Linya has a picnic blanket in her basket. Swoosh! Now it is there for sitting on.
first-loyalty
Swoosh!
Ekaterin puts Nikki down, and he picks up the edge of the blanket and clumsily attempts to swoosh it again. It goes... swosh.
Ekaterin puts Nikki down, and he picks up the edge of the blanket and clumsily attempts to swoosh it again. It goes... swosh.
isthisart
Linya giggles and puts the basket down on a corner of the blanket and sits. She has brought sandwiches and salad and fruit and maple candy, portioned with lots for her and some for Ekaterin and a little for Nikki.
first-loyalty
Nikki is really enthusiastic about the maple candy, and disdains the salad. Ekaterin permits him to disdain his salad, because this is a special occasion.
isthisart
And soon all of the food except Nikki's salad is eaten. "You don't like salad, Nikki?"
first-loyalty
"I don't like it," he says. Nikki does not seem to be very good at explaining himself.
isthisart
"Maybe next time I will not bring salad, then. What do you like?"
isthisart
"I like groats too! I never had them before I came to Barrayar but now they're one of my favorite things."
isthisart
"It's two weeks' worth of jumps away. Do you want to see it on a nexus map?"