"No, no, never send interim reports," said Miles. "Only fin… - Lois McMaster Bujold

"No, no, never send interim reports," said Miles. "Only final ones. Interim reports tend to elicit orders. Which you must then either obey, or spend valuable time and energy evading, which you could be using to solve the problem."

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Lois McMaster Bujold (born 2 November 1949, Columbus, Ohio) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy works, most noted for the works in her Vorkosigan Saga.

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“Huh. Close guess.”
“Not dead-on?”
“I’m afraid I might enjoy it. The hurting.”

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