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"Whatever."

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"Iiiis something wrong?"
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"Why do you ask?"

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"General vibe of something-being-wrong-ness?"

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"Ugh," he sighs.

He turns around and opens the door and leans out and calls, "Inlaith! Ashras! You'll never guess what I found!"
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An identical clawed-fanged-tailed Miles lookalike comes to the door.

"You're right," he says, stepping inside and sweeping a thoughtful look around the room. (His gaze lingers on Mark.) "I definitely would never have guessed that you found... this. Whatever this is."
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They are soon joined by a third.

"Yeah, I'm stumped," he says. "Congratulations. You have found a portal to a strange foreign Sphere full of half a dozen inexplicably Ceirene duplicates of us. I think this puts you firmly ahead."
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"I don't actually know what Ceirene means. I thought the place did translations. Aurin, what does Ceirene mean," says Ivan.

"All I know is that it's an ethnic group. And from context it involves things like not having tails," shrugs Aurin.
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"Welcome to Milliways, an interdimensional bar. It is in a certain mood and thought you'd be thematically appropriate. First drink is free and I'm considering buying nametags."

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"I'm Ashras and that's Inlaith," says the more Milesish of the betailed triplets, indicating the more Markish one. "You've met Elarron already."

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"Miles, Stalas, Mial, Milo, Solvei, Mark, Ivan, Jann, Aurin, Linyabel, didn't give her name," says Elarron, indicating each of the not-currently-betailed occupants of the room.

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"Bella," says Bella.

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"You know what, count me in favor of nametags."

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"If you don't mind, Bar." Bar produces a stack of nametags and a marker. Linya writes Linyabel Miriat Vorkosigan on hers and sticks it to her sleeve, then writes one for Bella too and passes the stack and marker over to the Mileses.

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Occupants of the Miles table end up with Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, Stalas Aeducan, Mialavaraaninnah, Milo of Raxwell, Solvei Koskin, and Mark Pierre Vorkosigan.

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Mark passes the stack and marker on to Ivan.

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Ivan Vorpatril. Jann of Raxwell. Aurinpardam[redacted for length].

Would the people with tails like nametags and marker?
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Ashras takes the nametags and marker on behalf of the three of them. They end up with Ashras Kevarsin, Inlaith Kevarsin, and Elarron Kevarsin.

"And now we are all neatly labelled."
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"I register my guess that Ashras is a Miles and Inlaith a Mark. Bar?"

Yes.

"And I'm right."
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"Why do Miles and Mark get to be the ones everyone else is instances of?" wonders Elarron.

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"Miles's name allows a pun and Mark's only full alt besides the one who just arrived doesn't have her own name."

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"A pun?"

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"'League of Mileses'," says Stalas. "It works in English and the common tongue of Thedas, but judging from the blank looks I guess it doesn't work in whatever language you're speaking."

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"...I mean, I'll not argue with anyone who describes a group of you as being in league, but I don't see the connection with the specific name."

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