[SPLIT LIP]

I think that's because Atra just doesn't understand how these things work because of her age.

But yeah, Mika (and Barbatos) paid a heavy price for that victory. Mika seemingly low-key craving Barbatos I'm sure will escalate. And with this all, McGillis seems inspired to pull out a game changer of his own. I wonder if Barbatos is going to be overhauled again, or just repaired. (TBF, there's nothing wrong with the Lupus design, and I'm sure the engineers at Saisei will just return it to normal)

Interesting that we still don't know if McGillis actually beleived Gaelio dead, but Gaelio clearly is planning a long game. I guess this makes it more clear that the Vidar facade isn't really about keeping his identity from McGillis, but it allows him to operate outside the Seven Stars rules as it was. He can't be held accountable if he's 'dead.'