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Hello, everyone!

[Euphie certainly seems more sunny and back to her old self, but someone who knows her well can tell that her cheeriness is slightly forced. Not completely forced, but she's not quite as upbeat as she used to be.]

I hope everyone is doing well today. I'm coming to you all because I'm still looking for someone to whom I can entrust something very valuable to me.

[She links a picture of a gold and white robot, about 14 or 15 feet tall, standing in a dimly lit garage. She's clearly taken the picture herself.] This is the Lancelot, an experimental Knightmare Frame developed by the Camelot Special Research Division in my home nation, Britannia. It belongs to a dear friend of mine, but since he's not here, it seems to have been entrusted to me.

I'm not very qualified to operate it, however. I'd like to find someone honorable and trustworthy to whom I can give it. [She offers the camera a slightly sheepish smile.] It feels like a waste to leave Lancelot gathering dust, don't you think so?

Thank you, everyone. Please let me know if you can think of anyone who might be interested! Cheers!

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[This is either a very, very bad idea or a very, very good one. But in any case it's likely to entertain Miles, whether he wants it or not, so Gregor goes for it.]

A good friend of mine is here that might be interested. We don't have anything like that where we're from, but he has plenty of experience piloting other things, and wearing, er, much scaled down combat armor, so I believe he could gain some competency at it with practice.

More importantly, he is the definition of honorable and trustworthy.

[And he is probably very frustrated about being useless in conflicts.]

Oh! Is this the friend you mentioned to me earlier, Mr. Gregor? The one who might need my help every now and then?

I'd be happy to meet with him and see if this would be something he'd be interested in. Though... it is a very high-performance machine, so he would need to be very safe with his condition.

Oh-- yes, you're on our list of healers, that's right. That's him.

I'd be happy to introduce you. He's never let his physical condition stop him from doing anything before, so I don't see why he'd start now, but I appreciate your concern. Especially as one of the people likely to be patching him up afterwards. [A quirk of a smile.]

I suppose that's only fair!

I'd be happy to speak with him, of course, especially if you vouch for his trustworthiness.

I do. [His voice softens, clearly a lot of feeling behind it. Gregor wishes he could say, he's my liege-sworn and you have no idea the breadth of his loyalty, but I've felt it, but he can't.]

You're speaking to him now, actually. Down below, he's just commented. Miles Naismith. [Since their comm tags display that way.]

Oh my, that's a pleasant coincidence! I'll be sure to talk to him about it.

Er, should I avoid mentioning his condition? He's not sensitive about it, is he?

[He smiles slightly.] I can't fathom you saying anything of a nature to offend him, if that's your concern. He'll appreciate you having volunteered for healing duties.

[Miles is sensitive, but Gregor just can't picture Euphie even after two conversations with her saying something egregious.]

Oh, good. I'll still try to be careful.

Do they have such things where the two of you come from, then, Mr. Gregor?

Something like this? Not really, no. We probably could make them if we wanted to, but they seem impractical for space, so warfare went a different way. [Man-shaped objects in space? Why? Today on Gregor trashes all of the Gundam series.]

We have other complicated weapons and piloting systems, though.

I'm certain you do! And yes, I'm not sure how it would work in space, but thankfully we haven't much need of worrying about that yet.

I do wonder why I'm one of the only ones to bring technology like this into this world, to be honest...

You said it belongs to a friend of yours? Was he here before?

Ah-- no, he wasn't. It came along with me, it would seem!

This friend... he's the knight I told you about before, Suzaku Kururugi.

[They don't actually have knights on Barrayar, but Barrayaran culture is such that the whole concept of them slots in neatly and is familiar, so Gregor gains a small smile.]

He must think dearly of you as his liege-lady if his armor arrived with you.

[She's blushing. Just a bit.

But her eyes look sad even at the same time. She misses Suzaku... and wonders how he misses her.] I would... I like to think that he does.

I miss him very much.

[That's right... She's dead, isn't she.

His smile fades and his voice goes soft.] You might see him again here.

I might! ...but I don't think I should wait for the off chance that I do, either.

No, you're right. That's a laudable perspective to have. Eventually we all must... go forward.

No sense holding on to the past, hmm?

Thank you for pointing me towards your friend. I really do appreciate it.

[Of all people to say that to, Gregor is one of the most ironic. He's awful at letting go of the past.]

I'm sure you'll manage it with more grace than me, [he admits.] And it was my pleasure. Frankly, you'd be doing us both an enormous favor to even consider it.

Not at all! Lancelot's just been gathering dust, which is truly a shame. This was my brother's organization's pride and joy, after all. It should be used.

It's a great show of trust to even consider letting someone else use it, not just for its weapons capabilities but since it must mean so much to you. It's very kind of you.

You're very kind to say so, Gregor.

I'll speak with you soon!

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