Gideon the Ninth could easily be renamed “Increasingly Detailed Descriptions of Harrow”. Gideon was not paying any attention to the plot because she was too busy paying attention to what Harrow’s mouth was doing every second and whether she had gloves on
I can’t decide which possible interpretation of this I like better: that Gideon knows enough about the sacramental skulls to know which is considered least beautiful, or that Gideon has a personal ranking list of most to least beautiful sacramental skulls
As an act of meaningless rebellion, you applied the sacramental skull of Priestess Crushed Beneath the New-Laid Rock, the least beautiful skull in the canon.
I died knowing you’d hate me for dying; but Nonagesimus, you hating me always meant more than anyone else in this hot and stupid universe loving me. At least I’d had your full attention.