Joseph Clark
Joseph Clark asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

In "Komarr", Ekaterin notes that Nikki's Vorzohn's Dystrophy would make him ineligible to be a jump pilot. Miles also notes this. But when Nikki is given the retrogenes, are we to assume they were successfully assimilated, and that Nikki is going to become a jump pilot eventually?

Lois McMaster Bujold
Answer unknown. Or at least, not made up by me. What career one wants at age 9 can change quite a lot between then and age 20. Or age 30, for that matter. Consider the gap between "wants to ride horses" and "writes science fiction", for a near example.

Ta, L.

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