It's only been six weeks? ...it has only been six weeks.

"Because they're in costume? Uh, sure, but I wasn't hiding behind my Pierrot makeup." Whatever.

"Oscar, I hate to say this, but I think you need glasses."

"Not something I can afford especially of late."

"Whether he was at the Servant's Ball or not isn't the important part," and she'd rather not continue on this train of thought or someone might remember the woman dressed as Artemis to her Athena and flirting with all the girls, but that's also not the point. "I really think the important part is that you are engaged to, and planning a murder on behalf of, someone you have known for less than six weeks, who we know can mind control people."

That's fair. Inaaya is sensible.

You see, with the Servant's Ball, he has something to say about that.

"Parker does need to die," he says quietly.

(There was that flash, and he wanted to kill him so badly and-- he has no way to tell if that came from his mind or not.)

"Parker is awful," Oscar says sympathetically. "But..."

"He's a public menace," Terrence agrees. "It's just - I wouldn't want you to make a decision you can't take back while not in your right mind. You'd be put in terrible danger. Don't you see why that's concerning?"

"Lots of people do things at least as bad as Parker does, and if you were plotting to track down and assassinate every dictator in the world I-- well I would still be worried but I wouldn't specifically be worried your fiancée was mind controlling you."

"Parker would destroy her. --and that's not mind control, that's just--"

"What else would you have me do."

He is a trained actor and he should have control of his voice, and--

Unlike what some might argue Terrence is still capable of being compassionate and reasonable. It's really good to see.

"Take some time away. She can keep staying in our house, hidden, if she needs, but - give it a week, perhaps. Without seeing her. Try to take your mind off it. See if you still feel the same way."

"...Is he going to be at the ritual, do we think," Sal asks quietly, not sure this is the point he wants to be driving. "If he doesn't die before it."

"I don't think we have any idea. We know he kills people, we don't know anything else."

"He kills people and he's friends with Roby. Roby said some things about him, the first time we talked to him, does anyone -- does anyone remember what it was he said--"

He Is So Good At Keeping His Voice Steady, And If He Really Believes, It Will Be True. "I have 6 days. After that-- even if I assume Evie is controlling me, there's..."

He hates to say it with no lead up, but he has to, this is very important context. "--There's a child. I'm not leaving them with Parker."

Oh, Jesus. "A kid?"

She doesn't think Roby did? they got that name from Carter--

"--oh no."

Oh, goddammit. "You met her six weeks ago," Terrence points out. "We have - time - before there is a. A whole child. In the picture."

"Regardless of what Evie's done-- I can't abandon either of them."

"If you want Evie to... take steps, that's a conversation you are having."

Oscar feels a surprising amount of sympathy for Jing Yi. Even though Jing Yi has made his life worse and is kind of a bastard.

"There's still eight months before you're leaving anyone, assuming linear time and a pregnancy that -- wait, it can barely have been a month, how does she know yet?"

"That's... A very good question." Inaaya would probably have a better idea of the timing here.

"It takes a month, doesn't it?" I mean, Evie totally could be lying, this has struck Terrence as well, that's just - Wait, how old is Inaaya? Uh oh.