I can’t believe it took me until the second time through the audiobook to realize that Terciel made a fucking dad joke when Sabriel came to his rescue
I’M SO MAD
“Why wasn’t I brought up here so that I would know things?”
“Here? In Death?”
I don’t even care if this isn’t the proper interpretation IT’S A FUCKING DAD JOKE
MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF A WHOLE GODDAMN FAMILY OF DORKS
Aaand next gen: mom jokes
“Your father is angry with me because he thinks I almost got myself killed. I don’t understand it myself, since I think he should be glad that
I didn’t.”*pauses for laughter*
*doesn’t understand why nobody’s laughing*
Abhorsen family humour: joking in Death or (probably and, let’s be real) joking about death.
THE DORK GENE IS STRONG IN THEM