The Lopen Quotes

“She inspected him lying on the deck, and he raised a fist in a gesture of solidarity.
“Radiant the Lopen,” Rysn said, “. . . um, what do you call a Thaylen who can’t walk?”
“Not sure, gancha.”
“Names. From afar.”
He grinned widely.
“Of course,” Rysn added. “I’d never stand for that sort of thing.”
The Lopen about died from laughing. He called to his cousin again, translating the jokes. This time Huio chuckled.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Dawnshard

“They were expecting to lose people. Or at least they were prepared for it.
Well, not on Lopen’s watch. You didn’t let your friends drown in nameless oceans during a frigid storm. That was, sure, basic friendship rules right there.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Dawnshard

“Lopen would need to be careful when rescuing other members of the crew—if that thing drained him while he was in the drink, it would be catastrophic. He’d have to learn some dead Herdazian jokes to tell in the afterlife.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Dawnshard

“Sailors huddled in the skulls on the beach, using the carapace as cover, clutching spears and cowering before the monster. It was as tall as a building, swarming with arrowhead luckspren. Lopen pulled to a stop in the air, holding Huio. The cousins met one another’s eyes.
Then Huio groaned. “I’m never going to hear the end of this, am I?”
“Ha!” Lopen said. “You were going to get eaten! You were going to be swallowed by a giant monster that looks like something you’d step on during worming season!”
“Can we focus on the fight?”
“Hey, have you heard about the time I saved Huio from being swallowed? Oh yes. He was going to get eaten. By a monster uglier than the women he courts. And I flew into the thing’s mouth to save him. Off the tongue. Then I was very humble about having done such a heroic deed.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Dawnshard

“Permission to stab him a little, sir,” said Teft, the bridgeman leader.
“How do you stab someone ‘a little,’ soldier?”
“I could do it,” Lyn said. “I’ve only started training with a spear. We could claim it was an accident.”
“No, no,” Lopen said. “You want to stab him a little? Let my cousin Huio do it, sir. He’s the expert on little things.”
“Short joke?” Huio said in his broken Alethi. “Be glad not short temper.”
“I’m just trying to involve you, Huio. I know that most people overlook you. It’s very easy to do, you see.…”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer