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"You're a very demanding Dog for a supposed servant of the Clayr," said Sam. He looked at Lirael and added, "Is she always like this?"
[...] "She's usually worse," [Lirael] replied. "If it's not food she's after, its scratching. She's incorrigible."
"That's why I'm the Disreputable Dog," said the Dog smugly, wagging her tail. "Not just the Dog."

As he left the lane and stepped out into the King's Road [...], Sam felt a tremendous lift to his spirits, a feeling he hadn't had for years. It was the same sense of joy and expectation he'd felt as a child being given an unexpected holiday. Freed of responsibility, suddenly given license to have fun, to run, to scream, to laugh.

(I love the way Garth Nix describes feelings)

"That," said the Disreputable Dog, [...], "is self-pity, and there's only one way to deal with it."
"What?" asked Lirael sullenly.
"This," said the Dog, lunging forward and nipping her quite sharply on the leg.
"Ow!" Lirael shrieked[.] "What did you do that for?"
"You were being pathetic," said the Dog, [...]. "Now you're just cross, which is an improvement."

Forgot about the whole side plot with Sameth!

Had the wrong edition for the copy I own. Yay for Goodreads ISBN search function!

“You sure you don’t want to join us?” I ask Andarna.
“No point when I can’t carry you.” She shuts the bond.
Awesome. My heart sinks to a new low. I pushed too hard again. Or maybe too little.
Tairn sighs like he’s in his elder years.

(Andarna 😢)

I detach one of my packs but hesitate to leave the second strapped to the back of the saddle.
“It is safer that I carry it,” Tairn reminds me, dipping his shoulder impatiently.
“It means you can’t detach the saddle.” I don’t want him uncomfortable.
“As if I would disparage my family name by being unprepared should the enemy—”
“Got it.”

(I love Tairn so much 😭)

The page numbers are different on kindle ;_;