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Apparently not all of the troops had been told that we were no longer heroes, for the guards at the entrance did a snappy jump to attention and salute as we trotted past.
My mother gave up a ship commandbetan astronomical surveyto go to barrayar. Athaclena blinked and sniffed as she entered the darkness. Oh thank god, breathed the captain beside mark, as the prisoners began scrambling to their feet, their faces shining with relief, a single voice immediately becoming a hubbub of nervous gaiety.
I think that had mother not been so totally merged with me, i would have gone mad.