"It's not always that way," she says. "But everyone else on the Ninth was ancient, except for Ortus Ninegad, and I certainly didn't intend to marry him."
"I had a--very unusual upbringing, in a very strange place, even for the Empire. I am afraid you will have to be patient with me."
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"I had a--very unusual upbringing, in a very strange place, even for the Empire. I am afraid you will have to be patient with me."