Thrust into new work and torn away from her old. Thankfully with the Vor boys here, more than twenty years older than she remembers, she's slightly assured that Barrayar doesn't fall apart in her absence. Now theirs that far in the future she's less sure of, but it's not a thought to get tied up in.

No, instead she gives her full attention to Elizabeth and raises a brow slightly. So her son is dating a librarian. A respectable profession at least, if not entirely what she had in mind for Ivan.

"I heard this ship made frequent stops." Not to planets made of glass which sounds highly impractical, but she supposes Cetaganda has done worse.

"I haven't had a chance to see the ship's library yet. Maybe after dinner you and Ivan can accompany me and give me a proper tour."