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Tin Tuber?

#1 Khanna

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Posted 31 October 2020 - 07:53 AM

In Book 3, Chapter 4, Gruntle, Stonny and Harllo are talking among themselves. At some point Stonny gets angry at Harllo and says: "Those are the last things you'll see when I push my knife through that tin tuber in your chest. Oh, and I'll blow a kiss too." What the heck is a "tin tuber?" Does she mean his armor?

#2 Tsundoku

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Posted 31 October 2020 - 12:34 PM

I thought a tuber was a sort of plant. Like a potato?

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#3 Cyphon

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Posted 31 October 2020 - 01:31 PM

I think it refers to the armour. That's just from the context of the sentence.

I would guess because a tuber is an outer wrapping/though outer layer, so the equivalent for humans would be armour.

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