#what I wouldn't give to see Cordelia's dispatch home to her mother and brother and such after BiA

[regallibellbright]

“Killing you was the entire reason for my existence. Two years ago I was all primed to do it. I endured all those years of Galen for no other purpose.”

“Take heart,” advised the Countess. “Most people exist for no reason at all.”

There’s really not much to say here except: Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan. An icon.

But yeah, despite how this sounds Mark’s first meeting with his parents is going extremely well. Sure, he might have been cloned and raised with the express purpose of killing them, but where Vorkosigans are concerned that just translates to “surprise bonus family.”