Rescue from myself, if anything, [ he reassures him, with no small amount of self-deprecating dryness. ]

Suffice to say I've gotten it out of my system. I'll inevitably be returning to Barrayar as well. [ And that's-- something he's surprised to find he's mostly made peace with. He's still scared, but it seems surmountable now. Dare he say it, maybe even a challenge he wants to face; he has some confidence that he can accomplish something, and there is an immense need for him, and for Miles, to do the accomplishing. ]