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KarenHunt wrote:A further expansion:

“I am not putting on AAA’s clothes again,” said YYY, scowling.
XXX grinned, provokingly. “True, you did not make a very convincing BBB.”
"I'm an officer, not an actor." A brief clench of his jaw suggested to XXX that he was remembering he was neither, now.

voralfred wrote:

KarenHunt wrote:A further expansion:

“I am not putting on AAA’s clothes again,” said YYY, scowling.
XXX grinned, provokingly. “True, you did not make a very convincing BBB.”
"I'm an officer, not an actor." A brief clench of his jaw suggested to XXX that he was remembering he was neither, now.

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Book? Mira's Last Dance
speaker? YYY= Adelis
XXX= Penric
AAA= Niky

Bonus: What is this person being asked to do?
Play the role of a woman,
Bonus: What role/job is BBB? :more specifically, a widow

But I don't think this constitues two separate bonuses. One 1/2 point is enough

"I merely note, if you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way."

XXX drank more tea. "I merely note, if you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way."
YYY cleared his throat, and drank his tea too.

voralfred wrote:A longer quote and a hint (in the formulation of the bonus)

XXX drank more tea. "I merely note, if you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way."
YYY cleared his throat, and drank his tea too.

The " " mean that this line is actually uttered by XXX to YYY

XXX ? Miles Vorkosigan
YYY ? Dr Dea
In which book ? The Mountains of Mourning
What does XXX mean by "something" here ? Lem Csurik

Bonus : There is indeed another "something" to which this sentence could have applied earlier. In fact XXX is making fun of YYY because YYY ran after that other something and failed to catch it, but it was XXX who caught that other something without running.
So who/what is that other something ?

Dresses are weapons, my dear, in sufficiently skilled hands.

"Although when he invited me to come for AAA, I wasn't sure if it was hunting or social, and whether I should pack weapons or dresses."
BBB's smile sharpened. "Dresses are weapons, my dear, in sufficiently skilled hands. Permit us to introduce you to the rest of our ordnance team."

KarenHunt wrote:Expanding the quote:

"Although when he invited me to come for AAA, I wasn't sure if it was hunting or social, and whether I should pack weapons or dresses."
BBB's smile sharpened. "Dresses are weapons, my dear, in sufficiently skilled hands. Permit us to introduce you to the rest of our ordnance team."

Later comment from BBB regarding first speaker's prior choices in dresses:

"Take these back to CCC and tell him to hide them. Or better, burn them. Or anything, but do not under any circumstances allow them to fall into that young woman's hands again."

Who is BBB?
Who is the first speaker?
What book?

Bonuses:
1. When does BBB do something similar for another character, in similar circumstances?
2. Who is this other person who is prevented from making appalling choices?

Karen Hunt

Ghost wrote:Taura

Lady Vorpatril

Winterfair Gifts

“You know, your sense of humor is going to get you into deep trouble someday.”

Ghost wrote:

“You know, your sense of humor is going to get you into deep trouble someday.”

E Pericoloso Sporgersi wrote:

Ghost wrote:

“You know, your sense of humor is going to get you into deep trouble someday.”

Speaker Bel Thorne
Whose sense of humor Miles's
Book Labyrinth

Ghost wrote:

“You know, your sense of humor is going to get you into deep trouble someday.”

Speaker - Ekaterin Vorsoisson
Whose sense of humor - Miles Vorkosigan
Book

If you want to argue with the god, go to the temple. Not that you'll get much save sore knees, but it'll spare my ears.

If you want to argue with the god, go to the temple. Not that you'll get much save sore knees, but it'll spare my ears. [small omission]
YYY cried aloud, “Wait, wait, what . . . Blessed, what does that mean?”
XXX eyed him glumly. “It means congratulations. You’re a sorcerer.”

KarenHunt wrote:Expanding the quote somewhat

If you want to argue with the god, go to the temple. Not that you'll get much save sore knees, but it'll spare my ears. [small omission]
YYY cried aloud, “Wait, wait, what . . . Blessed, what does that mean?”
XXX eyed him glumly. “It means congratulations. You’re a sorcerer.”

Karen Hunt

voralfred wrote:

KarenHunt wrote:Expanding the quote somewhat

If you want to argue with the god, go to the temple. Not that you'll get much save sore knees, but it'll spare my ears. [small omission]
YYY cried aloud, “Wait, wait, what . . . Blessed, what does that mean?”
XXX eyed him glumly. “It means congratulations. You’re a sorcerer.”

Karen Hunt

Who says this (XXX)? The Saint of Idau
To whom (this is not YYY)? The bad guy who wanted to kill Penric to steal his demon (his name is Clee)
What book? Penric's Demon

(YYY is Penric)

"(...)" XXX temporized. "I will return your call shortly."
"How else?" YYY1 YYY2 murmured, with a small smile at his own wit.