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Koudelka is the last name of several secondary characters in Lois McMaster Bujold's science fiction series, the Vorkosigan Saga. ==Clement Koudelka== Clement "Kou" Koudelka served as an Ensign aboard the ''General Vorkraft'' under Captain Aral Vorkosigan during the novel ''Shards of Honor.'' He suffered a non-fatal hit by a nerve disruptor and eventually had his nerves replaced with artificial nerves. This "tin foil nervous system", as he described it, could not give him full mobility and he required various artificial aids. These included a walking cane, for which Cordelia Naismith shrewdly substituted a swordstick as a confidence booster. Facing a life of poverty on the limited pay of an invalid ex-Ensign, he was surprised to find himself promoted to Lieutenant and made personal secretary to the Lord Regent, Aral Vorkosigan. Still severely emotionally traumatized by his injury, given Barrayar's intolerance for any disability or deformity, he met Ludmilla Droushnakovi when she was seconded to the Regent's household and immediately fell in love with her, but was too ashamed to woo her. Despite this, they eventually consummated their mutual affection unknowingly during an assassination attempt on Cordelia and Aral. The confusion and trauma resulting from the assassination attempt led Koudelka to believe that he had sexually assaulted Droushnakovi, while she was confused and saddened by his avoidance and humiliation following their encounter. "Kou" married his "Drou" at the end of the novel ''Barrayar''. He was eventually promoted to Commodore, and he and his wife continue as Aral and Cordelia's closest friends. This friendship was tested when Mark Vorkosigan and Koudelka's daughter Kareen became a couple and engaged in a sexual relationship while on Beta Colony. Cordelia squashed the parental objections during a meeting at Vorkosigan House, partly by re-introducing them to the sofa on which they had their first sexual encounter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Koudelka (Barrayar)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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