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* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Miles. He may be nuts, but he is ''very'' good at covert ops.
* [[Busman's Holiday]] (with a side order of [[Weirdness Magnet]]): Even when he does not intend to, Miles tends to run into situations of intrigue and mayhem wherever he goes. He goes on a trip to Beta and ends up {{spoiler|accidentally taking over a mercenary space fleet}}. He is assigned to a do-nothing post at an arctic outpost in the middle of nowhere and ends up {{spoiler|putting his life and career on the line to take down a psychotic disciplinarian}}. He travels to Cetaganda on a diplomatic mission and ends up {{spoiler|saving the Cetagandan empire from treason (and saving Barrayar from being caught up in another war while he is at it)}}. Miles's ''entire early life'' is one long series of Busman's Holidays.
** As a discussion on Tor about perhaps the most appropriate typo ever once put it:
{{Quote|'''Poster #1:''' All this makes me wonder how long Barrayaran ImpSec files remain classified, and if it’s long enough for the legend of Count Miles Vorkosigan, patron of Ma Kosti’s famous restaurant empire (and the reason why desserts with a side of maple ambrosia are known to future generations as “a la Vorkosigan”) to overshadow his later revealed covert oops career.
'''Poster #2:''' 'Covert oops' is ''perfect''.
'''Poster #3:''' It's basically Miles' entire career. Oops. I have a mercenary fleet. Oops. I rescued Gregor. Oops. I saved the Cetagandan Empire. Oops.
}}
* [[The Butcher]]: Aral gets called "The Butcher of Komarr" after one of his subordinates commits the slaughter he ''specifically'' did not want to have happen. Since Aral is a political pragmatist even he admits, later in life, that he used the weight of that undeserved reputation to lean on those who would be awed by it. He states that since he paid the price for having that reputation, he had the right to use it in that manner.
* [[But He Sounds Handsome]]: After Admiral Naismith becomes well-known enough that people start noticing the similarities between him and Miles Vorkosigan, Miles "admits" that Admiral Naismith is a rogue clone, which gives him an opportunity to talk at some length about how cunning and charismatic Admiral Naismith is.
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