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2!!''Sabriel''
3* Upon waking up at Abhorsen's House, Sabriel is subjected to a very stringent bathing by one of the House's many sendings, as she fruitlessly tells it to stop. Mogget makes a bunch of smart remarks about how stubborn the House's sendings are. Then, the sending pauses to flick water at Mogget, so the cat jumps away but fails, yowling as he gets hit with water before fleeing under the bedspread.
4* Lieutenant Jorbert is ''very'' enthusiastic about aircraft, and takes Colonel Horyse's comment about having to cross the Wall to investigate the approaching Paperwing as meaning he gets to come along too.
5-->'''Horyse:''' Tell me, Mr. Jorbert. Have you by any chance sought a transfer to the Flying Corps?\
6'''Jorbert:''' Well, yes, sir. Eight times...
7** Then, across the Wall, Jorbert attempts to take Sabriel and Touchstone as his prisoners, only for the two of them to break out in some stress-relieving laughter, to his confusion. After Colonel Horyse has checked their Charter marks and escorted them off to the Crossing Point...
8--->''Jorbert, left to cover the withdrawal, indignantly asked the air, "What was so funny?"\
9"You heard the Colonel," replied Regimental Sergeant-Major Tawklish. "Nothing. That was an hysterical reaction, that was. They've been through a lot, those two, mark my words."\
10Then, in the way that only [=RSMs=] have with junior officers, he paused, crushing Jorbert completely with a judicious, and long delayed, "Sir."''
11* At Docky Point, after the first attempt to open Kerrigor's sarcophagus fails, Sabriel and Touchstone are thrown back, and he lands with his head in a thistle. When he gives Sabriel a EurekaMoment about where they can find more Charter Mages, she gets up and gives him a kiss that pushes his head further into the thistle, to his annoyance.
12* Shortly before the final battle, one of the soldiers tells Sabriel "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Good luck with the bloke in the cigar case]]"
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14!!''Lirael''
15* After leaving the Clayr's Glacier on a critical mission, Lirael tries to explain their quest to the Disreputable Dog:
16-->'''Lirael:''' I have to find a man -\
17'''Dog:''' Good! [[YouNeedToGetLaid Time you were bred.]]
18* ''[[SapientShip Finder]]'' splashing Mogget, who had just found a dry spot on the boat.
19-->'''Mogget:''' I HATE YOU!
20* Mogget in general is a barrel of hilarious snark, but he truly shines at High Bridge.
21-->'''Mogget:''' Wet, cold, and full of holes. [[SarcasmMode Another fun day on the river.]]
22** Immediately after screaming at ''Finder''...
23--->'''Mogget:''' At least [[{{Mooks}} that rowboat]] looks dry. Why don't we just let ourselves get captured?
24* Upon arriving at Abhorsen's House, the Dog is immediately grabbed by a sending for a bath. As she protests vociferously, Mogget, more familiar with the habits of the sendings, escapes under the stairs. Lirael asks the sending to ensure that the Dog gets a good scrubbing.
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26!!''Abhorsen''
27* Nix throws in a completely unnecessary pun in the middle of a tense encounter: "The hound had not spoken with total confidence, and even her pointing had wavered. If she had been in a pointing competition, she would've lost points." At least the Dog is a mongrel and not a pointer...
28* The first time Lirael and the Dog meet Nick, he's feverish and thinks they're one of his dream, which isn't helped by the fact that Lirael's currently wearing the form of an owl. When she wonders if he'll even be able to dress himself in order to go with them, Nick's determined to prove her wrong and strips off his pyjamas to put on his daytime wear, giving Lirael and the Dog quite a show. (And when Nick recalls this in ''Goldenhand'' and realises it '''wasn't''' a dream, he nearly self-combusts from embarrassment.)
29* During the serious stuff surrounding the manifestation of Orannis, Lirael is momentarily annoyed when she realizes that there's a thistle in the area of the innermost diamond of protection because she was in too much of a hurry to note exactly where the diamonds were going.
30* Kibeth saving Nicholas' life: "After all, I am the ''Disreputable'' Dog."
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32!!''Goldenhand''
33* While flying to the Great Rift in a giant barking owl Charter-skin, Lirael sets down for the night and Nick asks if she's going to take it off, only for Lirael to remember to her dismay that she has to stay in it the whole way since it's one use only. All she can do is hoot out "Love you!" and wallow in the UnresolvedSexualTension.
34* Ferin's blunt manner of speaking and occasionally excitable nature on encountering new things that she finds interesting, along with her developing {{UST}} and StraightManAndWiseGuy dynamic with the rather bemused Sameth.
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