Motif · Book 5, The Butcher's Masquerade

'Goddamnit, Donut'

Carl's involuntary catchphrase, said at least fifteen times before Odette makes him say it on air. Marks the moments the cat has done exactly what she was going to do.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 8 — The Night Wyrm's web
• Chapter 11 — The Recital
• Chapter 20 — Viva la revolución
• Chapter 46 — Sierra
• Chapter 47 — My beautiful boy
• Chapter 51 — The howdah
• Chapter 59 — The sheriffs of the wild west
• Chapter 67 — Slate Butterflies
• Epilogue — Epilogue

Progression

A Dirty Shirley Carl thinks she made famous (ch. 5); the break-up storyline she will not have (ch. 7); 'Goddamnit, Donut' at a pet beauty contest (ch. 8); a clockwork Bomo (ch. 9); 'Goddamnit, Donut. Do not leave town. Jump off!' (ch. 11); growled at a confession of smuggled Valtay agents (ch. 20); a new catchphrase for killing the bad guys, per Donut (ch. 23); a dryad town set alight by one fireball (ch. 46); 'Goddamnit, Donut. I need details' (ch. 51); a ledger as blackmail (ch. 58); a woman at the con in a T-shirt with Donut's face and the words scrolling across it (ch. 59); 'That wasn’t the Bahamas!' (epilogue).