I was recently trying to come up with a short description of the character Gesar (or Boris Ignatievich), head of the Moscow Night Watch in Sergei Lukyanenko's Night Watch cycle:

powerful, been around since forever, sometimes cynical and world-weary, sometimes genial and funny

_{-- Rand al'Thor, Mos Eisley}

When it struck me: I have an idea of Gesar as being genial and funny when he wants to be, but can't really remember where I got this from.

Are there any instances of Gesar being witty or exhibiting a sense of humour in the books?

_{Precedent for this kind of question: Were there any jokes in the Lord of the Rings?}

I was recently trying to come up with a short description of the character Gesar (or Boris Ignatievich), head of the Moscow Night Watch in Sergei Lukyanenko's Night Watch cycle:

powerful, been around since forever, sometimes cynical and world-weary, sometimes genial and funny

_{-- Rand al'Thor, Mos Eisley}

When it struck me: I have an idea of Gesar as being genial and funny when he wants to be, but can't really remember where I got this from.

Are there any instances of Gesar being witty or exhibiting a sense of humour in the books?

_{Precedent for this kind of question: Were there any jokes in the Lord of the Rings?}