[ With an innocent blink - ] I hope you don't have any regrets over your impulsiveness.

[ Then he leans forward to grab at the bottle, taking a deep glug from it. He's glad Dorian wasn't finicky about drinking from glasses. It feels wrong to do so. On Barrayar, the tradition has always been to share bottles; after all, a fellow could get poisoned from a glass, but not from one bottle. It's only recently that Galactic influence has moved them towards more elegant service. ]

So - what's that mean, you have to be able to use it? It has to further your personal causes?