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“The salad has trained her well for this” wheezing. Also I’m devastated by how scared Nyree looks.
Captain Barber versus an entire island? Hrm. I believe I shall decline to place a bet.
LOST would’ve been half a season if Nicola was on that plane
This reminds me of a quote from my favorite author: “Given, then, a contest between an invisible and very powerful quasi-demonic thing of pure vengeance on the one hand, and the commander on the other, where would you wager, say... one dollar?” “I wouldn't, sir. That looks like one that would go to the judges.”
source?
I don’t know for sure but this definitely sounds like Terry Pratchett -> Discworld -> Commander Vimes
Sorry should have attributed the quote. It’s from Thud! by Terry Pratchett. The speakers are Lord Vetinari and his secretary Drumknott, talking about Vimes, as friendlymosquito said. Highly recommend the entire Discworld series.
Thank you!
I thought it sounded like Pratchett, but i wasn’t 100% certain.
Agree with you on Discworld; what i’ve read of it has been excellent.
Well, if you’re going to fight a bunch of plants, a fork isn’t the worst weapon to use.
Go get them ! Stab them all with your fork !
Say what you like about Nicola, but she does not lack for courage and determination.
And then they try and tell you vegetables are good for you.
see ‘trained her well’.
Fork ‘em up!
No time for drooling Nyree, no matter how justified.
Nicola is backed in a corner by an extra-dimensional entity. Her original plan was a large stick and the element of surprise, and now she has access to sharp knives and surging Nicola-ness from getting her dinner/date interrupted.
So roughly, this:
her holding the fork kinda makes it look like her plan is to eat the island
Well, there is the idiom of “eating someone [cough Nyree cough] out of house and home” …