SvetlanaP
SvetlanaP asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

This is a bit of a silly question, but I couldn't help wondering: The Vor Game mentions that Bel's cabin on the Ariel had, among other things, "a small cage housing an exotic pet from Earth Thorne called a hamster." Did you have any idea of how Bel acquired this hamster, or what happened to it, when writing that detail? Or was it just a throwaway line of description to round out the setting & character? :)

Lois McMaster Bujold A throwaway line. Bel likely acquired it in some spaceport shop on a whim. Hamsters are not long-lived creatures -- or at least, my daughter's never were -- so I imagine it was a temporary indulgence.

Ta, L.

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