Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards. - Lois McMaster Bujold

Miles was…the thing is, he was afflicted with a severe birth injury. He grew up pretty much crippled, so he poured all his frustrated energy into his intellect. Since the Vorkosigan family motto might as well be, Anything worth achieving is worth overachieving, the effect was pretty frightening. And it worked for him, so he did it some more.

Permanent justice is well worth a temporary offended protest, I can assure you, Lieutenant.

I for one find a casual destruction of a man's life even more repugnant than a determined one.