Thread:Jmcdavid/@comment-25034020-20170607030531/@comment-25451319-20170725191120

So, let's recap.

We get a flashback to when Saint-Germain was a child. And it looks like it was an extremely tough life.

The Gear wielders are on a quest to get some deciphering done on the data they got at Val Verde..

Cagliostro, even without her Faust Robe, is more than capable of holding her own against Chris, and would have gone up against her, Tsubasa, and Hibiki if she hadn't been called back.

Some foreshadowing that Maria, Kirika, and Shirabe might be getting something good further down the road, using tomatoes as an analogy.

We finally learn what sort of man Genjuro's boss is, and he honestly seems like a jerk.

Hibiki, Tsubasa, and Chris bust out the Ignite Module on a large group of Alca-Noise, but when the alchemists join the battle, they are able to forcibly deactivate the Ignite Module, and leave them unable to fight.

Adam shows up, and uses chrysopoeia to create about 10 megatons of energy that he throws at the Gear wielders. That's the same as the Tunguska event.

Maria, Kirika, and Shirabe are forced to transform, even without any LiNKER, in order to get the others out of there in time. And they were using the Ignite Module as well, which no doubt put even more strain on their bodies.

And in the aftermath, Adam complains about how he only got a couple tiny pieces of gold out of that big display of alchemy was a couple tiny pieces of gold.

So, seems that Saint-Germain, at least, might actually be an Anti-Villain, as she doesn't want to actually hurt people, but to free them. What's more, while Tiki clearly adores Adam, his fellow alchemists actually seem to fear him. That's what I picked up from them, at least

Yeah, shit is starting to hit the fan, big-time.