She chuckles. "Anything can be a canvas for art, really -- though Barrayarans use some pretty unexpected things. Hair as a base for flower arrangements, I'll tell you, we never thought of that one on Beta Colony."

The party appears to be dividing into two cars; the Count and Countess and two of the brown-liveried Armsmen in the first, and Cordelia and Duo in the second. (Along with an Armsman, but he takes his seat in front with the driver.)