“Of course I want to kill you, I want to kill most people. But then where would I be? In a field of dead people with no one to talk to.”

“

I mean a weapon you hold. You have a gun, Tanith has a sword… I want a stick.”
“I’ll buy you a stick for Christmas.
[[Book 5, page 16]]

“… The last present you got me was a stick.”
“You wanted a weapon.”
“It was a stick.”
“It had a bow on it.”
“It was a stick.”
“I thought you liked the stick. You laughed.”
“I laughed because I thought the stick was a joke and you were about to give me my real present, but then you went home and I was standing there with a stupid stick with a bow on it.”
[[Book 7, page 70]]

He reached into the bag, and took out a stick.
She looked at it. “What?”
“Did you really think I’d forgotten my promise to get you a stick for Christmas?”
“It’s not Christmas.”
“Happy birthday.”
[[Book 8, page 219]]

”

“By the way, all joking aside, do I call you Ghastly or Elder Bespoke?’
‘You can call me whatever you like.’
Vex nodded. ‘Thank you, Gladys”