The Dendarii not carrying med kits have their stunners at the ready -- no waving around nerve disruptors, Miles had told them, nothing fatal -- and there's a ripple of bemusement at seeing the pilot. Miles keeps his eyes on their leader, the fierce woman from the vid screen. He finds himself, oddly enough, fighting off the particularly Barrayaran urge to bow -- cut it out, boy, you're not on Barrayar right now, and as far as this woman knows, you're not even Barrayaran. So instead he gives her only a generous nod and a flourishing salute, meeting her eyes from at least a head below her. His height, his oddly-shaped body wouldn't have been wholly apparent through the vid screen, but his eyes are no less sharp for it.

"Manikarnika." It's a greeting, a salute to someone of equal status, leader to leader. He jerks his head at the captive pilot. "You could have mentioned you had a hostage. Is he an immediate danger to anyone?"