- "He smiled, an expression more repellent than attractive given the state of his teeth. 'I'm the Imperial Mail, Milady. I ride the circuit through these hills, out of Vorkosigan Surleau, every ten days. Been at it for eighteen years. There are grown kids up here with kids of their own who never knew me as anything but Kly the Mail.'"
- ―Imperial Postal Service for a rural circuit[src]
The Imperial Postal Service was the Barrayaran service for delivering mail. At the time of Barrayar, the Imperium was phasing in the use of lightflyers instead of horses, and central drop points instead of people walking or riding circuits.
Presumably as the communications network expanded to even the most rural households, more of the mail would be electronic instead of physical.
Known employees of the Imperial Postal Service[]
References[]
- Barrayar chapter 12