Motif · from book 1
'You're not going to break me'
Carl's mantra, first said to a safe-room ceiling after the You Monster! achievement and repeated whenever the game succeeds in making him feel like an asshole. The line the whole series will test.
First appears: Book 1
Series arc
Through book 1
Said four times in book 1, each time just after the game has made him feel like an asshole. The series' central claim about its narrator. See Carl and the machine.
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl | 4/48 | Ch. 19, Ch. 33, Ch. 42, Ch. 47 · the book's own page |
By book
"You're not going to break me" in book 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl
First said aloud to a safe-room ceiling in ch. 19, after the AI's You Monster! gave him twenty seconds of false comfort about the goblin babies and took it back: 'You might hurt me, or kill me, but you're not going to break me.' Whispered as a mantra after the laminak fairy screams that they were going to move to the third floor (ch. 33); thought at the Maestro's threats (ch. 42); thought again at the cheering crowds while Donut teaches Mongo to pounce (ch. 47): 'Fuck you all. You will not break me.' The book's claim about its narrator, made each time the game has just succeeded in making him feel like an asshole.