"I... okay, so in the opening monologue he's almost straight-out telling the audience 'hello, my name is Richard the Evil Cripple and this is my eerily straight-out-of-a-Barrayaran-folktale Villain Motivation', but if I look past that... I really feel for him? I mean obviously I don't approve of his actions but," he gestures inarticulately, "God, I've been there. ...And my main concern at this point is getting this reaction written down in a way that will make Frank cry but not cause him to say anything about Barrayaran cultural attitudes that will end with me in therapy for leaping onto his desk and punching him in his stupid Betan face."