hontou ni sou omou?

Torture. Tessa’s squeamishness at Vincent Blueno’s interrogation caused me to revisit the old debate about means and ends. I haven’t read the manga so I don’t know if this will have any bearing on the plot but if I may draw a parallel to GSD, Dullindal’s words of peace seem to be undermined by his use of lies (Meer as Lacus) but the dilemma is neatly made irrelevant when his Destiny Plan aka Brave New World isn’t something much to be desired. I wonder if the TDD1 crew will start to face this dilemma under pressure from Mithril’s structural problem of its mercenary recruitment and/or threat from Amalgam.

Haircut. This was a really tender scene and one of the few Sousuke-Kaname interactions that I actually enjoyed. The contrast in Sousuke’s reaction to the commercial hair stylist and Kaname couldn’t be clearer. Both confided in their complete trust in each other which Sousuke clearly displayed by being able to fall asleep. The way Kaname played his hair was also very sensuous.