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[ DONUT: JUST GO WITH IT. WHEN CARL SAYS TO DO SOMETHING, WE DO IT. ALSO, I LOVE THIS SONG.]

What would we do without Donut?

[Well, fuck the heavenly order of things. If getting married to a gross old man was her preordained role on this earth, then Rin was determined to rewrite it.]

100/10

[“But I'm a fast reader. I know more characters than most of the adults in this village. Certainly more than the Fangs…”]

Okay? So maybe not Arabic numerals? Or maybe they’re already integrated AN?

[The thing about inventory was that one had to be very careful with how one wrote the numbers. So simple to make a nine look like an eight. Easier still to make a one look like a seven...]

Interesting. So it sounds like they might be using Arabic numerals?

[My original plan was to have Donut stay outside while I went in solo. She absolutely refused.

"You promised me that I wouldn't die alone," she said. "You can't keep that promise if you die before me. We do this together."]

["I don't know why I go on. I wish I hadn't chosen this body. I should've remained true to myself. We all die anyway. How can we make it to heaven if god doesn't recognize us?"]

Again, the profundity in a book that is largely action- and comedy-based. Pure genius.

["No, I'm serious, Carl. This guy could be the second coming of Chuck Norris, but we can't have him in the party. People would laugh at us."

"You know you're a Persian car, right?" I said.

"What is that supposed to mean, Carl?"]

["Well, fuck you very much," I called back to them.]

My man!

[We were about to cause a very large, very loud ruckus.]

Lmao, the understatement of the century.

["That's what they're gonna put on my tombstone."

"Don't be silly, Carl. They don't give us tombstones here."]

CARLLLLL, YESSSS!! All of this.
Gods I love this book and Carl and Donut.

[Donut scoffed. "How the heck should I know? I'm a cat!" More laughter. "But I do know this, Butler. One, I know that I don't know enough about this subject to voice a proper opinion on it, unlike you, who is obviously talking out of your behind. And two, I know my partner here has a very poor opinion of you. Isn't that right, Carl?"

"Yup," I said. "You're a dipshit."]

I want to be both Donut and Carl.

["We'll give you three, and you also give me the potion to stop the world from being wavy," Donut said sleepily. I hadn't even realized she'd been paying attention. "Oh, my word. Carl, I think I might vomit. You didn't warn me about this." She took another drink and then started growling at the bowl.]

Drunk Donut was not on my 2026 bingo card, but I am delighted for it.

["Yeah, I want to try that one."

“Cats don't drink cocktails," I said.

"Cats don't shoot lasers from their eyes, either, but here we are, Carl. Mama needs a night off."]

["Of course, I did," Donut said. "I knew we'd be selling everything on this floor, so 1 picked that merchant class. Miss Beatrice didn't call me Princess Money Bags for nothing."

"I'm pretty sure it was ‘Princess Money Pit’. She called you that because we spent more on you than we did for our rent."]

[She breathed softly, oblivious of all that had occurred tonight.
This, I thought, this is my family.]

🥺🥺

[ One of us, Carl. One of us. Gooble Gobble, Gooble Gobble.]

I wonder how many people get this reference.

[CARL: That's terrifying, Zev. Okay, they're about to be pissed off. If they ask, tell them I know what I'm doing.
ZEV: Do you?
CARL: Fuck no. I'm making this shit up as I go along.]

Carrrlllll 🤘

I mean, really. The profundity sprinkled into the action and comedy is masterful.

Donut is hilarious, but Carl is profound and ultimately selfless. I adore them both. This scene is so much.

[I watched Donut for a bit, and I could tell what she was doing. She wasn't really asleep. She was just closing her eyes and pretending that she was back home in her favorite spot. After some time, I blew out the candle and went to sleep myself. When I woke up, Donut was back in her usual place on my neck...]

I cannot with Donut and Carl. Obsessed doesn’t touch how I feel.

[DONUT: YOU WERE DRUNK AND YOU MOLESTED SOMEONE'S GRANDMA.]

I *love* the chat feature. And Donut is everything.

[Gordo leaned over the counter and made a face. "This is your manager?"
"Yep," I said.
He shook his head sadly. "You two are so dead."
"Yep," I said.]

Yep 😂

[New achievement! PETA Enthusiast!
You somehow managed to remove the hostility of an aggravated non-sapient enemy. That enemy then fought against other enemies to your benefit. The ghost of Steve Irwin smiles down upon you.
Reward: I SAID THE GHOST OF STEVE IRWIN SMILES DOWN UPON YOU.]

["Glurp on that, motherfucker," I said.]

Yoppie Ki Yay, MF.

I can’t decide if I love Donut or Carl more.

[I grasped her hand. "It's okay. It's going to be okay." I remembered my mom saying the same thing to me the day she had left. It had been a lie then, and it was a lie now.
"I think I've had too much to drink," she said. "Or I'm having another one of those acid flashbacks. This cat keeps talking to me."]

This is genuinely one of the best books I’ve ever read. At the same time poignant, sentimental, and hilarious.

This honoring of a fallen comrade is so sweet. I adore Carl.