it is here, it is now

"I thought they only made one of these consuls for each letter of the alphabet."

"From what you've told me about your Consul M" -here, Ashera's grumble about how none would ever grace her possession, even if they did look like her friends- "she seems to be rather a...special case. If that will explain away my appearance here, I am amenable."

"My dear Special Inquisitor, you don't need to be 'amenable' to anything. You just need to put up a scrapping fight. And look pretty doing it, which should be spudcake."

"I'll do no such thing."

"If you insist..."