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* "You're ''her'' reward!"
* "You're ''her'' reward!"
* After being {{spoiler|run through the belly with the Archchancellor's sword}}, Cazaril calmly asks to see Betriz before they remove it.
* After being {{spoiler|run through the belly with the Archchancellor's sword}}, Cazaril calmly asks to see Betriz before they remove it.
{{quote| "You can't just sit there with {{spoiler|a sword in your gut}}"<br />
{{quote|"You can't just sit there with {{spoiler|a sword in your gut}}"
(reasonably) "Well I surely cannot ''move.''" }}
(reasonably) "Well I surely cannot ''move.''" }}


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* Liss' complete inability to do a Lady's hair properly, but when prompted she rattles off a dozen ways to do up a horse's mane.
* Liss' complete inability to do a Lady's hair properly, but when prompted she rattles off a dozen ways to do up a horse's mane.
* Having just been rescued after two days and 100 miles of uncomfortable captivity, Ista has some simple requests:
* Having just been rescued after two days and 100 miles of uncomfortable captivity, Ista has some simple requests:
{{quote| '''Ista''': "I want... a piece of bread and a bedroll."<br />
{{quote|'''Ista''': "I want... a piece of bread and a bedroll."
'''Ferda''': "This rough camp is no place for your repose-"<br />
'''Ferda''': "This rough camp is no place for your repose-"
'''Ista''': "Any bread. Any bedroll."<br />
'''Ista''': "Any bread. Any bedroll."
'''Ferda''': "There may be some women I can find for your attendants, but they are not what you are used to-"<br />
'''Ferda''': "There may be some women I can find for your attendants, but they are not what you are used to-"
'''Ista''': "Your bedroll would do."<br />
'''Ista''': "Your bedroll would do."
'''Ferda''': "Royina, I-"<br />
'''Ferda''': "Royina, I-"
'''Ista''': "If you do not give me a bedroll at once, I am going to sit down on the ground right here and start to cry. Now." }}
'''Ista''': "If you do not give me a bedroll at once, I am going to sit down on the ground right here and start to cry. Now." }}
* "I do not have the energy to stand up, or get to my feet for that matter."
* "I do not have the energy to stand up, or get to my feet for that matter."

Revision as of 22:53, 7 August 2014


They're Bujold novels, so even in the middle of horrible circumstances someone is bound to make a wise crack.

The Curse of Chalion

  • Dondo dy Journal's funeral. The Daughter of Spring made it clear how well he served her as the Holy General of her order, and it went downhill from there.
  • "Rise and ride, Captain Sunshine!"
  • "You're her reward!"
  • After being run through the belly with the Archchancellor's sword, Cazaril calmly asks to see Betriz before they remove it.

"You can't just sit there with a sword in your gut"
(reasonably) "Well I surely cannot move."

Paladin Of Souls

  • Liss' complete inability to do a Lady's hair properly, but when prompted she rattles off a dozen ways to do up a horse's mane.
  • Having just been rescued after two days and 100 miles of uncomfortable captivity, Ista has some simple requests:

Ista: "I want... a piece of bread and a bedroll."
Ferda: "This rough camp is no place for your repose-"
Ista: "Any bread. Any bedroll."
Ferda: "There may be some women I can find for your attendants, but they are not what you are used to-"
Ista: "Your bedroll would do."
Ferda: "Royina, I-"
Ista: "If you do not give me a bedroll at once, I am going to sit down on the ground right here and start to cry. Now."

  • "I do not have the energy to stand up, or get to my feet for that matter."
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