[ Gregor couldn't care less how she looks or what she's wearing as long as he gets to see her, but he feels on her behalf, can guess that she's no less habituated to always appearing composed and put together in public no matter what crisis she's enduring, same as him.
He can also guess what lies behind this statement, but is just glad she seems sympathetic and not scornful. Gregor doesn't know what he'd do if he learned his mother bought into that particular nasty habit of Barrayaran mothers. He's learned enough shockingly awful things about his parents to last his whole life. ]
He is, [ Gregor confirms, still framing her with his arms. ] And he is completely loyal to me. All of the Barrayarans here are. [ Coming from the time of Vordarian's Pretendership makes him think she wouldn't take that as a given at all, but then, Gregor really doesn't know what sort of relationship his mother had had with Miles's parents at that time... He's never asked. It seemed it would invite too much cutting at his own flesh to hear of it, when he could only know secondhand. ]
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He can also guess what lies behind this statement, but is just glad she seems sympathetic and not scornful. Gregor doesn't know what he'd do if he learned his mother bought into that particular nasty habit of Barrayaran mothers. He's learned enough shockingly awful things about his parents to last his whole life. ]
He is, [ Gregor confirms, still framing her with his arms. ] And he is completely loyal to me. All of the Barrayarans here are. [ Coming from the time of Vordarian's Pretendership makes him think she wouldn't take that as a given at all, but then, Gregor really doesn't know what sort of relationship his mother had had with Miles's parents at that time... He's never asked. It seemed it would invite too much cutting at his own flesh to hear of it, when he could only know secondhand. ]