Ciaphas Cain/Funny: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''Ciaphas Cain, regimental commissar, Valhallan 597th. My aide, Jurgen. Terrorist attack.''}}

* Cain's tailing-off rebuttal of Penlan's [[Dojikko|accident-prone nature]], and her resultant nickname, "Jinxie":

** If "Skweki" isn't a typographical error (some other sources give the spelling as "Skekwi"), the fact that a planet was named "Squeaky" may itself be good for a grin.

* ''Caves of Ice'' has an excerpt from a children's book about promethium, with a footnote by Amberley saying she still finds the pictures of Pyrus the Flame immolating heretics to be amusing.

* ''The Last Ditch'': While Cain and Jurgen watch a horde of orks thundering towards them in the distance, Jurgen makes small talk about the weather. Cain tries to remember the last time he saw his aide look at all bothered by overwhelmingly poor odds, and comes up blank.

* How Ciaphas Cain met Amberley Vail. It was [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|most certainly not]] [[Love At First Sight]], as he does not believe in such things, and can merely remember the exact moment he first saw her, with perfect clarity, even a century later. Cue his conversational attempts to not have a simple cabaret singer see through his every attempt at playing the "modest hero," Kasteen's silent mocking as they waltz, and a final attempt to impress the new lady friend... By voicing suspicions that the [[Obviously Evil]] Rogue Trader has to be an Inquisitor, which leaves poor Amberley visibly nervous and trembling--[[Hilarious in Hindsight|with what had to be a stubborn refusal not to burst out laughing]].

 

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