Well, Discworld wasn't actually on the fandom list I gave above, but I'm nice.
“The Watch is an important part of the City, Vimes.”
The Patrician's voice was like silk, if silk could wrap someone from head to toe and squeeze into submission.
“Sir.”
Vimes's voice was cool, not agreeing, not disagreeing, merely being.
“It is, some will say, a mirror of Ankh-Morpork.”
“Being soggy and wet, sir?”
Lord Vetinari ignored this. “Unfortunately, this mirror seems to be obscured slightly by these reports my clerks so frequently give up on deciphering. Do you understand me, Vimes?”
“Sir?”
The Patrician sighed. “Grammar, Vimes. Spelling. I realise you are a busy man, Vimes, but I must insist you do not let Sergeant Detritus handle your paperwork from now on or I will insist you give him grammar classes.”
“Sir.”
“Good. Please, don't let me detain you any further.”
Vimes walked gloomily out and wondered what would be worst – doing the paperwork himself or teaching grammar to a troll...
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Date: 2005-03-28 07:13 am (UTC)“The Watch is an important part of the City, Vimes.”
The Patrician's voice was like silk, if silk could wrap someone from head to toe and squeeze into submission.
“Sir.”
Vimes's voice was cool, not agreeing, not disagreeing, merely being.
“It is, some will say, a mirror of Ankh-Morpork.”
“Being soggy and wet, sir?”
Lord Vetinari ignored this. “Unfortunately, this mirror seems to be obscured slightly by these reports my clerks so frequently give up on deciphering. Do you understand me, Vimes?”
“Sir?”
The Patrician sighed. “Grammar, Vimes. Spelling. I realise you are a busy man, Vimes, but I must insist you do not let Sergeant Detritus handle your paperwork from now on or I will insist you give him grammar classes.”
“Sir.”
“Good. Please, don't let me detain you any further.”
Vimes walked gloomily out and wondered what would be worst – doing the paperwork himself or teaching grammar to a troll...