Are Illyans “ers” when mentioning Henri Vorvolk — “Gregors, er, special friend Count Vorvolk” — possibly to be read as an indication of Gregor being bisexual?
LMB) I don’t think that “er” was a noise of doubt on Illyan’s part about Henri’s sexuality, but rather, his brains. Henri is a rather pleasant fellow with a bit of Ivan’s approach to life about him, especially when younger. He seems to have matured, lately. Gregor doubtless finds him restful, after the intensity of the Vorkosigans. There are sufficient canonical bisexual and other-sexual folks in these stories, we don’t have to tap them all, y’know.
