Good episode, it ended about where I thought it would. A couple things:
-Shannon sounds too much like Nagi!
(Mabye I should drop Hayate2 until Umineko is over)
-Beatrice's laughing face at the end was great. I see a lot of potential.
-Pacing is much slower for the start of this arc than the last one. That is fine but I wonder exactly how many episodes long it will be.