[ he stops, but she doesn't. her slow, inexorable pace doesn't stop, even if she chokes on her voice a little. ]
It wasn't something I even -- I didn't think I could do that. But I did. And if you could get that much of a rise out of -- out of some naive, foolish girl, just one betrayal of heart and honor -- if just a single person could make me want to fight that badly -- what makes you think an entire planet of bloody warriors are going to stop until they've killed or driven off every single Cetagandan on Barrayar?
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[ he stops, but she doesn't. her slow, inexorable pace doesn't stop, even if she chokes on her voice a little. ]
It wasn't something I even -- I didn't think I could do that. But I did. And if you could get that much of a rise out of -- out of some naive, foolish girl, just one betrayal of heart and honor -- if just a single person could make me want to fight that badly -- what makes you think an entire planet of bloody warriors are going to stop until they've killed or driven off every single Cetagandan on Barrayar?