From "Glitter Levels Spiking":
Zeb looked over at his partner, who was dressed in her shabby aviator’s jacket, her face thoroughly un-made up, and her nails unpolished and bitten to stubs. “Either you aren’t a very good example of the ‘element’ or this is just the Sue talking again.”
“Shut up,” Rina snarled.
Zeb backed off slightly, holding his hands up in hurt surrender. “I was just making a joke,” he muttered.
Later:
Rina just groaned and rubbed at her eyes. “I think my brain’s melting out of my ears.”
“You sure those aren’t just growing pains?” Zeb grinned.
“Zeb, you are really just asking me to whack you.”
Zeb gave his partner a hurt look. When she didn’t apologize, he sighed and opened a portal to the next chapter.
Later later:
Zeb patted her gently on the back. “We can also charge for in-fic inconsistency, too,” he said in an attempt to make her feel better. “She claimed toddlerhood lasted until thirty, not that it began at thirty.”
“Oh, sure, because that’s something to be happy about!”
From "Wisdom Like Silence":
Zeb tilted his head curiously. “What, you don’t want to see your boyf—”
“Shut up, Zeb!” she snapped. “He is not my boyfriend, he’s a p***k! And I am not putting up with his jack***ery just because Des asked!”
“But, um, Rina, the Librarian isn’t—”
Rina put her head against her knees, holding her ears harder. “If you want to go, fine, but I’m staying here!”
“Rina, if you would just listen to me—”
“GET. OUT.”
Zeb flinched, ears flattening against his skull. “I’m going, I’m going!” he cried, racing out the door. Once in the hallway, his tail drooped, and he sighed.
From "An Overabundance of Snrf":
“Reyna’s dead?” Rina snarled. “Okay, that is it, I am fed up with this fic!” She drew her bow and reached for her quiver, glaring at the OC.
Zeb grabbed her arm. “Not yet,” he said. “We have to wait. We’ll kill her later.”
Rina swung around to look at him. Zeb braced himself, ready to duck if she swung at him. It was a long moment before she relaxed. “Fine,” she snapped, slinging her bow back over her shoulder.
And this is just from skimming. I think the fact that Zeb expected to be hit is a little telling on its own.
As for your question, I'm not quite sure what you mean. If you're talking about the part where she says to herself "three--no, four hundred years", that's not really super-relevant. She just didn't know how much time she lost in the time loop.
"Besides, there's still this time loop that needs its kicking off."
Mind clarifying that for me?