2021/016: Shards of Honor -- Lois McMaster Bujold
Thursday, February 18th, 2021 06:00 am2021/016: Shards of Honor -- Lois McMaster Bujold
About three meters away, he is now. An uncrossable gulf. So in the physics of the heart, distance is relative: it's time that's absolute. The seconds spun like spiders down her spine. [loc. 1508]
Cordelia Naismith (captain of a Betan Astronomical Survey ship) and Aral Vorkosigan (Barrayaran admiral, colloquially known as the 'Butcher of Komarr') meet when Aral's landing party attack Cordelia's base camp.( minor spoilers )