[LMB] A Civil Campaign question

[Elizabeth McCoy]

At 12:15 AM +0100 1/21/09, Natali Vilic wrote:
>When Gustioz and Muno came to Vorkosigan House to take 
>Enrique away, Miles saved his cook's favor with this 
>sentence:
>"Vorkosigan House is the official residence of the Count 
>of the Vorkosigan's District," Miles explained to him in 
>a kindly tone. "As such, its grounds are considered 
>Vorkosigan District soil, very like an embassy's. To take 
>this man from Vorkosigan House, in the city of Vorbarr 
>Sultana, in the Vorbarra District, on Barrayar, in the 
>Imperium, you need all those," he waved at the tacky pile, 
>"and also an extradition authorization, an order in the 
>Count's Voice-just like this one you have here for the 
>Vorbarra's District-from the Vorkosigan's District."
>
>To your opinion - Is it true? Or did Miles just make that 
>up on the spot?

I'm betting that it's true -- but obscure. It is, however,
a logical sop to the Counts when the rest of their power was
being broken. Since they used to be much more self-ruling,
apparently, barely paying lip-service to the Emperor, having
their city estates be like an embassy's just makes sense... 
Note how Miles calls after that they'll transport Enrique around
in the "embassy" car, too.
-- 
--Beth, arcangel at io.com     http://www.io.com/~arcangel/