Nah. [ Gideon returns the grin, although hers is blessedly less tinged with nausea. ] I'm telling you just to give her a hard time. [ that's Gideon's job! In the fine print to one flesh, one end is be a huge pain in the ass.

At our glorious Emperor, Gideon wrinkles her nose. Glorious, sure, but he's also a huge asshole. She's glad Palamedes is coming up with ways to stay away from him, at least. ]

He's not hassling you too much, is he? He refused to leave Harrow alone, back on that fuck-off space station. [ and that wasn't good for Harrow at all. ]