Inaaya wants to talk to Val.

Jing Yi is going to stick around to talk to the asylum and see what's going on.

This is good because Terrence does not think it is good to let a small young woman talk to a violent murderer on her own. Even if she is extremely smart.

Inaaya feels that as the only other lesbian here she is in fact the most qualified to talk to this particular violent murderer?

This seems valid and reasonable. Nonetheless, Terrence believes what he believes.

He takes the train back to London and leaves Jing Yi, Sal, and Inaaya to their murder investigation.

When they arrive at Dr. Aarons' office, he looks very very very stressed.

"Miss Sinope, Mr. Digby, Mr. Jing, is something wrong?"

"Sorry to interrupt. We just heard about what happened."

"Yes. It's an incredible tragedy. I have no idea how she escaped."

"I was planning to come over her to discuss Roby's case, but, well--"

"I doubt I'll have time for that for the next few weeks."

"Quite understandably!"

Inaaya considers how she wants to ask this for ten seconds and then for another five and then, on the basis that saying anything is better than saying nothing, says "I'd-- actually like to speak with Donovan. If that's an option."

"...why on earth would you want to do that?"

What a great question, which she cannot give her honest answer to even a little bit, because either she will sound completely insane or she will reveal herself as queer. This is why we put thought into our questions, self.

"...strange and inexplicable murders seem to be a theme and it's my comparative advantage."

Is it!!!

...Inaaya, what have you been doing?

BEING A LESBIAN THE THING SHE HAS BEEN DOING IS BEING A LESBIAN OKAY STOP LOOKING AT HER LIKE THAT

"...what's a comparative advantage?"

"It's-- the thing where even if you're not better at something in an absolute sense you have an advantage at it nobody else does?" This is not quite a correct explanation of the concept of comparative advantage but it's good enough for government work.

... ... ...

Dr. Aarons looks at this sixteen-year-old who is very tiny for her age.

He seems to have a hard time formulating his question.

"...you're saying you're the best here at investigating inexplicable murders?" he asks sweetly.

"I'm saying that everyone who works at this hospital is a man and people on the street keep referring to her as a degenerate pervert and I am the least threatening-looking person in the history of being nonthreatening."

"That might be a disadvantage, Inaaya."

Jing Yi is giving her a look of 'you are tiny and mostly defenseless and do you think you can take on a murderer?'

She's not going to knife fight the murderer!!!

"...I agree. Valentine Donovan is incredibly dangerous. She may have murdered someone this morning. This isn't a dime novel, Miss Sinope, and I'm not going to send a teenage girl to talk to a dangerous murderer."