[ For worse than nothing. Mark had watched Ser Galen, the respected leader interacting with others, with conspirators and criminals; the man was inarticulate and indecisive. No one to inspire anyone. No one even equal to the Butcher - because Mark had studied videos of Aral Vorkosigan, with his burly charisma, and the comparison of Ser Galen to him had been unflattering. He'd seen their plans, and thought to the education he'd received in military strategy - not to make him a military commander, just enough that he could ape the right phrases back at battle-minded Barrayarans, but enough that he could see the unlikelihood of the plan. So for just a moment, the exhaustion is replaced by a bleak smile. ]
I think the only one you would have to tell that to would be Ser Galen himself.
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I think the only one you would have to tell that to would be Ser Galen himself.