Well, to help you decide...Vorrutyer is my honorific name. If you want to respect my lordship, then call me that. But the Vorrutyers are a pack of vicious sadists and sycophants, so if you want to please me, call me By. [ Then, gracefully gesturing: ] But since I'm teaching you Barrayaran custom, let me introduce you to the Barrayaran way of drinking. You take a deep swig, right from the neck of the bottle, and then wipe it off with your sleeve.
[ Byerly is, it must be noted, quite stubborn. And paranoid. ]
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[ By gives a little grin. ]
Well, to help you decide...Vorrutyer is my honorific name. If you want to respect my lordship, then call me that. But the Vorrutyers are a pack of vicious sadists and sycophants, so if you want to please me, call me By. [ Then, gracefully gesturing: ] But since I'm teaching you Barrayaran custom, let me introduce you to the Barrayaran way of drinking. You take a deep swig, right from the neck of the bottle, and then wipe it off with your sleeve.
[ Byerly is, it must be noted, quite stubborn. And paranoid. ]