[ That makes him relax. Right...Right, yeah. That's not Vorkosigan's way, deciding his course of action based on timing alone. Vorkosigan...cares about the men under his command, Mark has discovered.
What a change from what I'm used to. ]
Sure, yeah. I just don't want to disappoint anyone.
[ Which isn't wholly true: more accurately, he doesn't want to disappoint himself. He's afraid that if he tries, and fails...He doesn't want to be confronted with that screw-up. He doesn't want to know if he's terrible at this. Not yet, anyway. Though you'll have to figure it out sometime, boy. ]
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What a change from what I'm used to. ]
Sure, yeah. I just don't want to disappoint anyone.
[ Which isn't wholly true: more accurately, he doesn't want to disappoint himself. He's afraid that if he tries, and fails...He doesn't want to be confronted with that screw-up. He doesn't want to know if he's terrible at this. Not yet, anyway. Though you'll have to figure it out sometime, boy. ]