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The wedding of Miles and Ekaterin is recounted from the viewpoint of Miles ' Armsman, Roic.

Miles introduces Roic to Taura on her first ( and due to her short life expectancy, probably her last ) visit to Barrayar.

The pair get along well, despite her rather unusual appearance.

However, their blossoming romantic relationship is shattered when he makes an inadvertent remark about " hideous, bioengineered mutants "— referring to some bugs Mark has been bioengineering.

Taura is hurt and insulted.