All in all, Ekaterin thought it had been a fairly successful day.
The planting of the Southern Continent Ornamental Spiked Spear Bushes at Vorkosigan House had sent only a careless junior hardscape installer and rototiller driver to the hospital; the long, shallow gash on her own arm had only required fifteen stitches.
Miles gingerly – and having learned his lesson, very respectfully – tested the half-meter thorn in his hands and observed, “I suspect Imp Sec is going to begin recommending native Barrayaran landscaping at all Imperial installations.”
Bujold, Vorkosigan
The planting of the Southern Continent Ornamental Spiked Spear Bushes at Vorkosigan House had sent only a careless junior hardscape installer and rototiller driver to the hospital; the long, shallow gash on her own arm had only required fifteen stitches.
Miles gingerly – and having learned his lesson, very respectfully – tested the half-meter thorn in his hands and observed, “I suspect Imp Sec is going to begin recommending native Barrayaran landscaping at all Imperial installations.”