How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Las Bombas delved into his bulging pockets and tossed handfuls of coins into the air. "Look at this. So much that I lost count of it."
"No matter how you add it up," muttered Theo, "it still comes to a fraud."
"Indeed it does, my boy," Las Bombas happily answered. "The best I've struck on. Credit where it's due, I have you to thank. You thought of it, you put me onto it. A brilliant notion, and it's all yours."
Theo said nothing in reply. He was ashamed of himself, appalled that his scheme had worked so well. He also had to admit that he was not entirely displeased. (11.6-9)
He's all grown up. Theo came up with the Oracle Priestess scam, which he then decries as a fraud… but it was his idea, and he's proud. If he's like Las Bombas, what kind of person does that make him? Really, it makes him just human.
Quote #5
He spoke apart with the auburn-haired Zara for a moment, and turned back to Theo. "The russet divinity will see you housed for the time being, Master—would you care to tell us your name?"
"It's"—Theo paused, remembering the order for his arrest, and hoping to cover his tracks as best he could—"it's—De Roth." (12.31-33)
Now Theo's lying. Where he once insulted people for fibbing, now he's giving Florian a false name because he's a fugitive. Theo's grown up and realized that day-to-day practicalities (you know, like not getting caught) are more important than telling the truth all the time.
Quote #6
Theo ducked around the coach and pulled on the costume: a long, striped robe which, by its smell, had not been laundered for years, and a tall, cylindrical headpiece with a tassel.
The troop halted. The captain turned his mount, casting a wary eye on the vehicle. Las Bombas, who had disappeared inside, now climbed out to face the officer. The count was resplendent in a general's goldbraided uniform, its breast glittering with medals. (4.29-30)
Theo and Las Bombas change their clothing and transform themselves into new people—Theo pretends to be a barbarian Trebizonian, while Las Bombas becomes a general. These two acts serve to deter their enemies, who'd want to capture them if they realized LB and the gang were frauds.