Apologizing to me again, thought Miles miserably. For me. He keeps telling me I'm all right–and then apologizing. Inconsistent, Father.He shuffled back and forth across the room again, and his pain burst into speech. He flung his words against the deaf door, "I'll make you take back that apology! I am all right, damn it! I'll make you see it. I'll stuff you so full of pride in me there'll be no room left for your precious guilt! I swear by my word as Vorkosigan. I swear it, Father, " his voice fell to a whisper, "Grandfather. Somehow, I don't know how . . . Lois McMaster Bujold
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