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

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== Remarks ==

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* Evil hides, and Boo seeks!
* Have you met my hamster?
* Sword at my side and hamster at hand.
* Justice, truth, and the virtuous boot.
* Steel sharp, hamster hungry.
* Life is simple, and so is Minsc.
* The city reeks of evil!<ref name="BG1-2">These lines are direct references to [https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/Minsc/Quotes the same lines] he had in previous Baldur's Gate games. Some of they are word for word, the others slightly differ but are spoke in the same manner.</ref> Or perhaps Boo just needs to bathe.
* Another day, another dajemma.
* Justice walks on four feet. And sleeps in my boot.
* My boot craves the crunch of unvirtuous nethers.
* Sleep with one eye open, evil. Maybe both.
* Every kicked buttock, another step on the path.
* Boo says: '''What?'''
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* To glory! Or glorious death.
* You point, I punch.<ref name="BG1-2"/>
* Can we fight now? Boo is not used to this taking of turns.
* To arms! Wait, no - to swords!
* Butt-kicking, for goodness!<ref name="BG1-2"/>
* Go for the eyes, Boo!<ref name="BG1-2"/>
* Weep if you wish. Minsc will not judge.
* I have missed this. The adventure. The danger. The kicking of butts!
* Swallow your battle cries, fiend - and wash them down with steel!
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* Minsc waits. Boo watches.
* Still as stone? I have had the practice.
* Wait - you can see me?
* See how still Boo lies? He dreams of evil's doom!
* WHAT? Wait. Shh.
* Sneaking, sneaking, sneaking.
* I am - ''soverystealthy''.
* It is difficult to charge from down here.
* CRAMP!
* Head-high to a halfling.
* Better to look evil in the eye. Even if it be very small.
* Butt-level, all the better for the kicking.
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====Selection spam====
* ARGH! My EYE, Boo! They went for my EYE!<ref name="BG1-2" />
* Know that if you poke Boo, no higher dimension will keep you safe!
* Heehee. ''Heeheeheehee.''
* Well, Boo? How do you want to do this?

====Selection spam (in combat)====
* Are you perchance a squeaky wheel in need of a kick?<ref name="BG1-2"/>
* I am armed! Armoured! And entirely sick of your foolishness.
* I begin to grow annoyed. It is well for you that Boo does not let me learn the bad words!
* Ignore them, Boo. Let them gaze deep into their own abyss, and wonder just what it is they are trying to achieve.

====Selection spam (sneaking)====
* A little to the left? But not so hard you make me giggle.
* Boo...? Are you dancing down there, or...?
* Hush! I am surprising Boo for his birthday! He is... uh... eh... how old do hamsters get...?
* I am the night. A pity, then, that it is so bright out.

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* Where Boo leads, Minsc follows.
* Cometh the hour, cometh the hamster.
* Catch the clicker, Boo!
* Where Minsc plants his boot, goodness grows.
* Stand aside, evil! Legend coming through!
* Leap now, look later.
* Dig your graves, evil! Minsc and Boo come to tuck you in.
* You cannot hide, evil! Boo smells your bubbling guts a mile away!
* Less prattle, more battle!
* When all of this is done, Boo will dine on tadpole for a month.
* Camaraderie! Adventure! Violence!
* Tonight, Boo dines on foe-flesh.
* Tonight - Boo dines on foe-flesh.
* Minsc takes orders from only one tiny beast, and he is much cuter than a worm. Yes he is. ''Yes he is.''
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* Boo breaks the hearts, Minsc breaks the bones!
* Villainous face, meet virtuous fist!
* My hamster has dined on god-flesh! You are but a tiny crumb!
* Feel the backhand of justice!
* Boo is napping - so die in silence, evil!
* Boo says smite! That means I must hit you very hard, I think.
* Charge! But charge ''quietly''.
* Someone hold Boo! He will not enjoy the bumpings to come.
* Someone hold Boo! He does not enjoy the bumpings to come.
* Boo's battle cry is too high for your hearing - but you should tremble all the same.
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====Moving (sneaking)====
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* Soft and sure as hunting hamsters.
* Feet light as feathers, and softer than Boo's.
* See how the hamster stalks his prey.
* Just tell me when to shout my battle cry.
* A berserker's knees are not made for all this bending.
* Quietly, Boo.
* Soften my step, Boo! No - ''get out of my boot''.
* The hunter stalks his prey. The hamster waits for the fun to start.
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====Hiding====
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* Let us tread ''soft'' and ''sure'' as ''hunting hamsters''.
* Still this patter of paws, Boo - we must be quiet.
* Butt-level, all the better for the kicking.
* I am. ''Soverystealthy.''
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====Hiding (in combat)====
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* It is difficult to charge from down here.
* I do not like this bendy battle-stance.
* Quick Boo - sit on my skull, so the light does not betray us!
* Remember, Minsc. ''Quiet'' battle cries ''only''.
* Boo - say BOO!
* The hunter stalks his prey. The hamster naps until the action starts.
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====At low health====
* Boo does his best to hold my wounds closed, but some healing might help.
* Hah, these wounds might have killed a lesser warrior! Although... that ''is'' a lot of blood.
* Healing, quickly, or Boo shall have to find another mount!

====Can't fit in a small hole====
* Do not send a ranger to do a hamster's job, hm?

====Can't fit in a tiny hole====
* Truly? Now Minsc thinks you are making mock.

====Can't use an item====
* Not now, perhaps.
* Not working.
* No.
* It's no use.

====Can't use an item while in combat====
* Eh, not now. Perhaps Boo can hold it for you?
* Not now!
* Battle first, thingy later.
* Ah-ah. A berserker needs both hands, the better to squeeze at evil's skull.

====Finding a locked item====
* OPEN! No, that did not work. Perhaps there is another way.
* It must be unsealed elsewhere.
* Hm. Sealed tighter than a Thayan's heart.
* We shall have to open it elsewhere, Boo? And ''not'' with my skull? Strange.

====Looking at a globe====
* We have travelled far and wide, Boo, but I know not this land of... 'globe'?

====Looking at an astrolabe====
* Boo! Can you see your house from here?

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

====Looking into a telescope====
* Observe, Boo. Perhaps we shall see your miniature giant space mother, soaring across the skies.

====Surprised by mimic====
* Eat me once, shame on you. Eat me twice - WATCH IT!<ref name="BG1-2" />
* Down, beast! Minsc is too much of a mouthful for your kind.

====After a Short Rest====
* Watch out, evil. None nap so powerfully as Boo!
* My hamster, he is so full of beans!
* I did not sleep. I did not snore. It was a battle-trance.
* Ah, but it was good to feel the breeze between my toes. Back to the road.

====On character death====
'''Player:'''
* A noble soul has fallen! Boo will reap the vengeance of a thousand tiny bites!

'''Player (Dark Urge):'''
* Our friend has fallen! Guard the body, Boo, so a priest might stuff the soul back in!

'''Lae'zel:'''
* I know you do not fall so easily, gith child. On your feet!

'''Shadowheart:'''
* Shadowheart, no! Stand, so you might mock Minsc again!

'''Karlach:'''
* Karlach - NO! Boo, we must heap more fuel upon her flames!

'''Jaheira:'''
* There are many who thought they had killed the great Jaheira. I will show you what became of them!

'''Gale:'''
* No, wizard! You have so many more lectures for Boo to sleep through!

'''Wyll:'''
* Wyll! Shed a tear for the Blade of Frontiers, Boo - but first, the VENGEANCE!

'''Minthara:'''
* Dark elf! Do NOT go into the LIGHT!

'''Astarion:'''
* Astarion! NO!

'''Halsin:'''
* Rise again, druid! You are too large for your beloved earth to swallow!

== Location Remarks ==

=== Act Three === 
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== Party Banter ==
=== {{Banter|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.


<hr>

(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...


<hr>

(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.


<hr>

(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...

=== {{Banter|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.


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(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 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.

<hr>

(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.

=== {{Banter|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...?


<hr>

* '''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.


<hr>

(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.


<hr>

(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.


<hr>

(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.


<hr>

(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.

=== {{Banter|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.

=== {{Banter|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!


<hr>

* '''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.


<hr>

* '''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!


<hr>

* '''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.

=== {{Banter|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.


<hr>

(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.


<hr>


(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.


<hr>

(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.


<hr>

(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.

=== {{Banter|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.


<hr>

(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!


<hr>

(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...

=== {{Banter|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.


<hr>

(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.


<hr>

(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.


<hr>

(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?


<hr>

(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.
==Notes==
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[[Category:Dialogue]][[Category:Banter]]