“‘The Barrayarans are all so army-mad,’ she explained. 'I always like to put them back in their uniforms. They mean so much to them. I’m sure they’re more comfortable with them on.’
Ferrell frowned uneasily. 'I still think he ought to be dumped with the rest of the garbage.’
'Not at all,’ said the medtech. 'Think of all the work he represents on somebody’s part. Nine months of pregnancy, childbirth, two years of diapering, and that’s just the beginning. Tens of thousands of meals, thousands of bedtime stories, years of school. Dozens of teachers. And all that military training, too. A lot of people went into making him.’ She smoothed a strand of the corpse’s hair into place. 'That head held the universe, once.’”
- Lois McMaster Bujold, Shards of Honour
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Love. Because LOIS!
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villagechick said: This was such a heartbreaking coda.
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