He waves a hand dismissively. "Galactic politics. They weren't going to start with Komarr, it'd signal to the rest of the galaxy that any one of them might be next, and that sort of thing tends to make one's enemies band together and one's allies dry up. But Barrayar didn't quite count because they were barely considered a civilized planet. Part of the work the Barrayarans did to resist Cetagandan occupation was send the most charming available prince out to solicit galactic aid, get people thinking of them as worth helping."