Samah continues to be the smartest princess…locked in Mai Nominata’s dungeon with our mysterious prisoner (who we now know is “Neil”) she gives him a fake name.

After all, you never know what’s going to happen.

Sulfurea. Honey.

“why would [Mai Nominata] hinder us if we’re tools in her hands?”

because she’s a manipulative bitch who doesn’t want you guys to form alliances?? because she’s a sadist who likes watching people fail so she can punish them? because she’s bored of you guys and wants to start over? because she just wants you to weaken them a bit so she has the satisfaction of killing the royal family herself?

I mean I can think of ten reasons off the top of my head that Mai Nominata might be sabotaging her own witches and I haven’t lived with her for centuries.

Literally every single time Rubin talks about the prince it just makes me more certain that they were dating on the side like I am 100% certain this is not intentional but also you’re doing a really shit job of making them look like anything other than bisexual disasters, Tea.