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"Okay. So I can go in and tell th'captain you tipped me off and I need, oh, how many people to assail this house for having Vorkosigans in it who don't wish to be there?"

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"There's the boss and three loyal minions, all with stunners, and enough nerve disruptors to go around but they don't all carry those when they aren't expecting trouble. No other prisoners besides me and Mark. You might know better than I do how many people you need to deal with that."

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"Sounds doable. What can you tell me about layout?"

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He can give an extremely complete summary of the building's tactically relevant features, is what he can do.

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Good, good. Ivan borrows a pen from the waitress and writes this all down on a napkin. "What else should I know?"

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"I might have to pretend not to be on your side for a while when you arrive. Mark will probably just collapse as soon as it looks like there might be a rescue."

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"Collapse of what?"

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"Panic attack. He gets those when he tries to do something that might piss off the boss. He'll be fine afterward, just won't be much use in the fight."

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"All right. And what form will your pretense take?"

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"Staying out of the way and acting like I don't want to be rescued. But if the boss gives me a weapon I'm shooting him."

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"All right, I can work with that."

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Aaron smiles.

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"Anything else?" Ivan finishes his pie.

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"Don't think so. Thanks."

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"You're welcome. Please don't turn out to have planned to assassinate people from your new vantage point all along, I'd be very disappointed."

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"Ha. No," he says. "I like what I've seen of Miles's family, I have no plans to murder any of them."

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"They're good folks."

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"Yeah."

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"So I... suppose I'll see you tomorrow, Aaron."

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"Suppose you will," he agrees, and he gets up and leaves.

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So the next day Ivan and the captain and some of the boys swing by the house.
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The house contains:

three loyal minions,

two imprisoned Vorkosigans,

and a surprise.
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Galeni is really surprised by this surprise. It's lucky they found him only after stunning all three minions.

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The surprise is moderately surprised by Galeni, to be sure.

"This... isn't the reunion I was hoping for," he says slowly, glancing between Galeni and assorted subordinates.
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Whatever else he was about to say is lost to history when he is rudely interrupted by a nerve disruptor bolt to the head, coming from the direction of the conference room's other door.

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