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  1. The Ransom of Aral Vorkosigan by

    Fandoms: Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold  

    17 May 2026

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    Aral had scripted this conversation meticulously in his head, laying out his arguments point-by-point. It wasn’t for the purpose of convincing Ges—he knew better, by now, than to think that Ges Vorrutyer could be cajoled into anything—but for his own benefit, to form an unassailable wall against the charm Ges wielded with pinpoint precision. Like a nerve disruptor, he’d thought more than once, and just as lethal.

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    How do you leave a man like Ges Vorrutyer?

    Not without paying a price.

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