[Mercurius]

I don't know which was more grueling, the second to last chapter, or this thread... Haha, I kid, I kid.

Main reason I went through the entire thread, was to see if anyone shared some of my (IMO big) observations:

Spoiler for ep3:

Kyrie!!
She was soo awesomely badass, with a very compelling backstory to boot. To pwn a Sister at her own sin is beyond words. Still don't understand the miscalculations that were pointed out.

Unwarranted faith
Why is it always mentioned that the Police will definitely figure out the culprit once the storm clears?? And yet, for all three episodes, the Police have figured out squat about the culprit of the Mysterious Rokkenjima Mass Murder. I'll need to go back and check, but I think there's a connection between who gets killed and whoever mentions this phrase.
Baseless speculation: The Police are the new Yamainu and are responsible for the murders, while conveniently finding no evidence about who the killer is.

Definitions
According to my notes, Beatrice seems to imply that a Witch = Human + Magic. To deny witches, you have to deny magic? Or only the concept of an Endless Witch can be denied?

07151129
What if we put it to a mirror?
07151129 becomes:
92115170 and if we force them into letters:
P R I I S I T O
That's about as far as I got with the numbers. I don't really think it's a date, but not sure what else it could be.

Beatrice
Obviously planned the whole North Wind and Sun tactic once Virgilia mentioned it, if not earlier. I'm thinking in the final showdown with Eva-Beatrice, she didn't actually red-text any of the truth, but merely explained her plan to Eva-Beatrice, Ronove and Virgilia. This is where Virgilia plays along, as she wants to keep things fair. However, this would negate one of Battler's biggest gains this episode: the knowledge that it IS possible to deny all magic.
Alternative theory: Virgilia, Eva-Beatrice, and even Ronove are made-up by Beatrice to confuse Battler. Highly unlikely, but something I considered after the twist in the end.

Eva
This is the big one. Did anyone else but me notice that Eva looked rather L5-ish right as she pointed the gun at Battler at the end? Her eyes seemed vacant. I really don't think that was Eva, but the killer/delusionary agent at work.

Hmm, I'm making mostly visual observations in a sound novel. I can't help but feel that's got me at a bit of a disadvantage.

Can't wait for Ep. 4 to utterly crush the value of all the above . As our favorite defense attorney in training likes to say: "Ah, it's all useless..."