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Cam is out flying. There's a decent cloud of atmosphere around the gold plane, now, millenia of demons making air around themselves for comfort and not sealing it up because why would you bother. There's a small forest, here - the effect is kind of ruined by the lamps it has to grow under, but it's still pretty.
He feels an open summons and lets it grab him -
Cam on Barrayar
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thisvorlunatic
"I think that would be irresponsible of me. And she might tell him. And she's only taking summons because she really wants to talk to her granddaughter, who is not in this universe, so I would be wasting her time."
middlingalong
"I'm not positive that I should mention this," says Ivan, "but according to your mother Gregor also has a crush on Cam. But doesn't know it. And is much better at not melting visibly than you."
thisvorlunatic
"Good God. Thank you for that farcical yet intimidating knowledge."
thisvorlunatic
Miles contemplates this.
"She's my mother, Ivan. I don't think she's wrong. ...And in retrospect, I kind of see it too. How often does Gregor normally smile, right?"
"She's my mother, Ivan. I don't think she's wrong. ...And in retrospect, I kind of see it too. How often does Gregor normally smile, right?"
middlingalong
"Maybe he was happy about terraforming. Cam is evidence that some people get really happy about terraforming."
thisvorlunatic
"He was happy about terraforming too. I don't know. I buy it."
middlingalong
Ivan shrugs. "I don't know what to tell you, Miles. I don't even know what the best-case scenario looks like anymore. It would've been tidier if you hadn't been able to get him back again and spent a while playing sadly with Legos, but that is not to be."
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