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A collection of [[Minsc]]'s remarks and overhead conversations with other characters.

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== Remarks ==

=== Successfully finding a hidden object, door, etc. ===
* ""

=== Looking in a mirror ===
* "Boo, Minsc has something in his teeth. would you mind...?"
* "Bounce light all you wish, little mirror. Minsc will only bounce it back!"
* "Perhaps I should paint the rest of my skull. What say you, Boo?"

=== Finding a locked item ===
* ""

==== Throwing Scratch's ball when he is not summoned ====

* Scratch is off somewhere scratching himself, I think.
* Ah, I see. Scratch is playing fetch in his dreams instead.
* Scratch still sleeps? Boo, you will have to share with him some of your stamina-building tricks.
* If Scratch will not fetch, and Boo will not fetch, then Minsc must fetch.

==== Throwing Scratch's ball after his death ====

* I miss him, Boo.
* Scratch, come and... oh. How could I forget he was gone, Boo?
* No game of fetch will bring Scratch back from death.
* I know he is gone, Boo, but... perhaps this is a way of keeping him alive, no?



== Location Remarks ==

=== Act Three === 
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== Party Banter ==
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=== Minsc and Astarion ===
(By the Basilisk's Gate)
* '''Minsc''': Ah, but it is a fine thing to walk with friends beneath the warming sun!
* '''Astarion''': Friends' might be a stretch, but otherwise - yes, I fully agree!
* '''Minsc''': You might have your cloudy locks to keep the heat off your head, but do not forget that Minsc has Boo! We will be like twins, eh?
* '''Astarion''': We will? Gods - two hundred years and I've never missed seeing my reflection more.
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(In Harborview Park)
* '''Minsc''': Oh, I do not know, Boo. If you buried the nuts here before we were stone, I am thinking they might have gone bad.
* '''Astarion''': Minsc! Enough! The hamster isn't saying a damn thing and you know it.
* '''Minsc''': Well, Astarion. Boo is of good breeding, and so only speaks when he has something nice to say.
* '''Minsc''': Perhaps this is why he has never seen fit to speak to you.
* '''Astarion''': How delightfully vicious. I'm beginning to like the hamster.
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(By the Eastern Docks)
* '''Minsc''': ASTARION! FISH! ASTARION!
* '''Astarion''': Minsc, please - slow down. Use your words.
* '''Minsc''': Minsc has thought how you might be a more virtuous vampire - feast on fish instead. They are made of naught but neck!
* '''Astarion''': It's a sweet thought, but fish just doesn't have the flavour of full-blooded red meat.
* '''Minsc''': No, you do not 'agree', Boo. I told you you have been spending far too much time around the pale one...
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(Ascendant Astarion)
* '''Minsc''': Do not think your twinkly-eyed wiles will work on us, vampire lord.
* '''Astarion''': Oh, I know I could never tempt you, but maybe your little friend would like to perch on a more elegant shoulder?
* '''Minsc''': Do not look into his eyes, Boo! Think not of nesting in his thick and downy mane!
* '''Astarion''': You'll never know unless you try. Just once? Maybe you'll like it.
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(Spawn Astarion)
* '''Minsc''': No, Boo. Astarion is a friend now - he would never bite you.
* '''Minsc''': Yes, vampire?
* '''Astarion''': Yes... I mean - no? I am not interested in biting the rodent is the point.
* '''Astarion''': Not least because he lives in your trousers...

=== Minsc and Gale ===
(At Sorcerous Sundries)
* '''Minsc'''''': Minsc has never trusted places such as this. Too much of a wizard's power can be simply packaged and picked up.
* '''Minsc''': Well, picked up by all but Minsc. When he touches the many delicate little jars, oh how the wizards shout and stare!
* '''Gale''': Fear not, Minsc. You have a wizard at your side who positively encourages such curiosity. You'll fit right in.
* '''Minsc''': Obliged, wizard. Should we find our way to a weaponsmith, Minsc will rough you up a little - so that you too can fit in.
<hr>
(In the Water Queen's House)
* '''Minsc''': Umberlee - her clerics possess a nasty streak as wide as her oceans.
* '''Gale''': So their reputation suggests - especially among the good folk of Waterdeep. I'm curious to learn how you fell foul of them...
* '''Minsc''': 'Blasphemy', said the temple priestess. But Minsc says: do not give horns to your statues if you do not wish the visitors to try and make them toot.
* '''Gale''': Yes, that would probably do it.
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(At the [[House of Hope]])
* '''Minsc''': Gale! You will perhaps able to explain where Boo has not - what exactly is the difference between a devil and a demon?
* '''Gale''': A fascinating question, one that boils down to which criteria we choose to apply. Are we speaking about the physiological? Theological? Etymological?
* '''Minsc''': Eh. Just how-to-kill... -ical.
* '''Gale''': Oh. Then for your purposes, they are exactly the same.
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* '''Minsc''': Gale. Minsc worries you might send a fireball up his butt, with all of this stringy hair in your face.
* '''Gale''': Is that why you keep your head shaved? I assumed it was a custom of some sort.
* '''Minsc''': Oh, no! Most warriors of Rashemen wear long battle-braids, weighed down with stone. Minsc can show you, when next we camp?
* '''Gale''': Thank you, but I'm more wizard than warrior. I'm not sure my scalp would stand up to such a plaiting.

=== Minsc and Karlach === 
* '''Karlach''': Minsc, you come from an entire nation of berserkers. Give me some of those good Rashemaar pointers.
* '''Minsc''': Oh. There is much to be learned. Deep breaths. Meditative trances. Strange and stinking mushrooms.
* '''Minsc''': But Minsc could master none of this. Which made him sad. Which made him mad. Which made him the berserker you see before you.
* '''Karlach''': Huh. Really?
* '''Minsc''': And there is always Boo, with the needful nip when anger is slow in coming. This is not how you do it...?
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* '''Minsc''': Karlach - do I see you gazing long at Boo? You wish to have a hamster of your own, I think.
* '''Karlach''': I wouldn't say no. But really I was thinking... how old is he, Minsc?
* '''Minsc''': He is quite obviously in his prime. For a miniature giant space hamster.
* '''Karlach''': And he's always looked the exact same? No chance Jaheira's been swapping him out every few years?
* '''Minsc''': Karlach! Minsc and Boo thought better of you, than to be so concerned with looks.
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(Approaching the Guildhall)
* '''Minsc''': Are you familiar with the evil works of Nine-Fingers and her Guild, Karlach?
* '''Karlach''': I've Heard of her - and everyone knows the Guild. They're not bad if you know how to work 'em.
* (''If Minsc (grudgingly) agreed to work with Nine-Fingers'')
** '''Minsc''': Hm. Boo and I, we are in need of honest berserkers to keep the Guild honest in turn. Will you show us how this 'working' is done?
** '''Karlach''': Sure. The trick is to let them mess with you just once, and show 'em what happens. They won't try again.
* (''If Minsc has not agreed to work with Nine-Fingers'')
** '''Minsc''': Minsc means to do no working. When he breaks the guildmaster, it will be for the fun of it alone.
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(In the Undercity Ruins)
* '''Minsc''': A dead and foul place. Only a villain would nest down in these tunnels.
* '''Karlach''': Hang on, weren't you living in the sewer?
* '''Minsc''': Entirely different! That was foul only in its smells, and the way our water tasted. But it was home.
* '''Karlach''': Fair enough, buddy. Home is where the heart is, anyway.
* '''Minsc''': Ah - in that case, home is in my pocket, nestled on soft bed of flesh and fluff.
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(At the Temple of Bhaal)
* '''Karlach''': What a pesthole! Can't wait to clear this place out.
* '''Minsc''': There will be much trading of threats and insults, no doubt. But Minsc will be ready when it is time for boot to meet butt.
* '''Karlach''': You and me both, pal.
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(At the Morphic Pool)
* '''Minsc''': Karlach, this brain we go to bully - Boo has suggested it is large. Wizard-brain large? Boo-brain large?
* '''Karlach''': Like... as many Boo-brains as a mortal mind can fathom. It's an elder brain, after all. You heard of those?
* '''Minsc''': Of course!
* '''Minsc''': What is an elder brain?
* '''Karlach''': Honestly, I'm not completely sure. But I know it'll be no match for you, me, and the hamster.

=== Minsc and Lae'zel ===
* '''Minsc''': Bah! Fine, Boo. Lae'zel - my hamster wishes me to tell you:
* '''Minsc''': You are the most beautiful thing he has ever seen.
* '''Lae'zel''': I'm afraid I can't return the sentiment - but I know of some githyanki who would find him quite... appealing. Mouth-watering, in fact.

=== Minsc and Shadowheart ===

* '''Shadowheart''': Hey Minsc, what was it like, being a statue?
* '''Minsc''': Dark. Lonely. Helpless.
* '''Shadowheart''': The dark is Shar's domain. You wouldn't have been lonely if you embraced her.
* '''Minsc''': Evil! Never!
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* '''Shadowheart''': Hey Minsc, How do you judge what's evil?
* '''Minsc''': Enough trick questions! Evil is clearly evil.
* '''Shadowheart''': Am I evil? You called my goddess so.
* '''Minsc''': If I decide you are evil, my blade will inform you of the fact.
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* '''Minsc''': Shadowheart. I saw you pluck Boo from the ground, when you thought no one was watching.
* '''Minsc''': It pleases you, to hold him? And you have truly cleansed yourself of Shar?
* '''Shadowheart''': I suppose you're right. On both counts.
* '''Minsc''': HMMMMMMMM. Then for one day only, you may carry him in your pocket. So long as it is clean. Padded. Well-aired.
* '''Minsc''': And full of nuts!
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* '''Minsc''': Boo will not permit himself to be held by you any longer, Shadowheart.
* '''Minsc''': He fears you will sacrifice him in some Sharran ritual of dark oils and leather.
* '''Shadowheart''': Oh, he's far too precious for that. I'll go find a comely barmaid or guardsman instead.

=== Minsc and Wyll ===
(Entering Devil's Fee)
* '''Minsc''': Who adorned these walls? Better to have hung a mirror, and taken a good long look at themselves.
* '''Wyll''': A bloody display of murderous power. Bhaal means to stoke fear, make us cower.
* '''Minsc''': All it does is make Minsc wonder if Boo has already eaten this villain's eyes.
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(At Danthelon's Dancing Axe)
* '''Minsc''': Danthelon's Dancing Axe...? Minsc would sooner fight with a sword - even an annoying one, which talks out of turn.
* '''Wyll''': I'm surprised you're so fond of swords. A battleaxe would seem more suitable for a man of your... stature.
* '''Minsc''': The sword is simpler - only one point, so you know which end the evil goes on! But I suppose a warrior must wield whatever weapon he can.
* '''Minsc''': Sword, axe, boot... Minsc once choked an ogre with its own loincloth. The smell might be the closest I have come to tasting of death myself.
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(At the Wyrmway Puzzle)
* '''Minsc''': A puzzle, is it? Boo is most adept at their solving - no matter where Minsc hides the nuts, Boo is always able to sniff them out!
* '''Gale''': I'm rather a dab hand myself when it comes to a spot of intellectual intrigue...
* '''Minsc''': The nuts are in my pocket, wizard. Please do not go patting at Minsc's person.
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(If Wyll is being romanced)
* '''Minsc''': Minsc has felt Boo's heart is fluttering faster than usual... for our friend the Blade is bethrothed.
* '''Wyll''': Ah, my thanks. Perhaps we might even marry, if fate wills it.
* '''Minsc''': If you cannot find a bear to be the bearer of your ring, Boo would like you to know that he is available.
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(At the Lodge)
* '''Minsc''': Who is this large man of sternness and stone? Boo mislikes his look - as if he is knowing things that Minsc is not.
* (''Before Balduran's Reveal'')
** '''Wyll''': Relax, the both of you - it's Balduran, our city's valorant founder.
** '''Minsc''': Ahh, this makes more sense! Some relation to the Baldur who owns the gate perhaps, Boo?
* (''After Balduran's Reveal'')
** '''Wyll''': It's Balduran. Our city's valorant founder {{Blur|- and now, the illithid we carry in that gods-forsaken prism.}}
** '''Minsc''': Ah. Then Minsc and Boo prefer him this way. Better stern than smug.
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(At the Morphic Pool)
* '''Wyll''': Our great adventure nears its climax. If I should fall, I want you all to know it's been an honour to fight beside you.
* '''Minsc''': You will not fall, warlock. And if you do, Minsc shall simply pick you up again. What - do you doubt us in this final hour?
* '''Wyll''': Yeah, but you... you're Minsc.
* '''Minsc''': And you are Wyll of the Pale Eye. Now hush, and turn your mind towards our many, many many enemies.

=== Minsc and Halsin ===
(At the Elfsong Tavern)
* '''Minsc''': See, Boo? They have made their repairs. The owner once used Boo to mop up her ale, and she and Minsc had a discussion on the matter.
* '''Halsin''': Trouble seems to seek you out, Minsc. I know the feeling - the larger you are, the more likely someone wishes to test themselves against you.
* '''Minsc''': Minsc sometimes wishes he was small as Boo - so that he might sit and listen to the storytellers in peace.
* '''Halsin''': Perhaps you should study the druidic arts - with wildshape, you could make yourself as diminutive as you please. Smaller than Boo, even.
* '''Minsc''': Oh. OHOHOHO.
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(At Felogyr's Fireworks)
* '''Minsc''': Bah. Boo says the many colours remind him of home, but Minsc has never enjoyed these fireworks.
* '''Halsin''': They may have their purposes. You could cast fireballs of sorts, without having to spend years studying magic tomes.
* '''Minsc''': ...Archdruid. You are as formidable in mind as you are in muscle.
* '''Minsc''': Gather the sparking sticks, Boo! With sword in one hand and these in the other, we need truck with wizards no more!
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(If Halsin has been romanced)
* '''Minsc''': Boo has been speaking to a certain squirrel-friend who frequents our camp, Halsin.
* '''Minsc''': He was turned from a red squirrel to a grey, all by one shocking sight. Minsc thinks you owe him an apology.
* '''Halsin''': Apologise for partaking in one of nature's most solemn rites? That squirrel should be glad to bear witness.
* '''Minsc''': ...No, Boo, I do not know what this has to do with the bears...

=== Minsc and Jaheira ===
(Entering Cazador's Palace) 
* '''Minsc''': If Minsc had any hairs on his head, this place would set them all a-standing. And look how Boo's bunches his hackles!
* '''Jaheira''': We three have come through darker places than this together, Minsc.
* '''Jaheira''': And hamsters don't have hackles.
* '''Minsc''': Does Jaheira not set your heart at ease, Boo? It is comforting, to know that one so wise can be so wrong.
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(In Bloomridge Park)
* '''Minsc''': All of these statues - could they, too, be heroes all? Frozen in stone until the city has need of them?
* '''Jaheira''': The Harpers keep records of those who fought for the city - I think I would recall mention of a bare-assed little cherub in all our story and song.
* '''Minsc''': Well. Boo would also think you would have noticed when Minsc himself was frozen for over a century.
* '''Jaheira''': ... do you know, I had forgotten just how catty your hamster can be.
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(In The Blushing Mermaid)
* '''Minsc''': Jaheira, Minsc's memory of his last time in this taproom is a little... fuzzy. Did he...?
* '''Jaheira''': Fear not, Rashemaar. It has never been your way to over-indulge.
* '''Jaheira''': But you did offend one of my contacts by letting Boo paddle around in her tankard. Pewter, I believe - she cracked it over your head.
* '''Minsc''': Oh, praise the Three! Minsc was afraid he had shamed myself. I will, eh, leave a penny at the bar.
* '''Jaheira''': Best leave two. I cracked her with my own, afterward. She was drinking grog - Boo's backside could only have improved it.
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(Entering the Sewers)
* '''Minsc''': AH! The smell of adventure, in the very heart of the city!
* '''Jaheira''': The city's lower intestine, perhaps.
* '''Minsc''': Better yet! What swifter way to strike at evil's butt than to crawl through its innards?
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(In the Guildhall, before meeting [[Nine-Fingers Keene]])
* '''Jaheira''': If Nine-Fingers survived the fray, she will be right back to work in there. We ought to speak to her.
* '''Minsc''': She has you in her thrall, Jaheira. Minsc will still her serpent tongue, before it has a chance to twine around your thoughts!
* '''Jaheira''': That, she will definitely have something to say about.

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