God the way Sam and Alice had that last conversation, it's so clear that they are coming towards their last tether for each other, the differences in how they view their job is going to split them apart for better or for worse, as Sam goes further into the rabbit hole with Celia leading from behind and Alice being left in the OIAR with a spiralling gwen
“Hey you should tell me all your secrets so it's not awkward later” is the most autistic way to start a first date ever you cannot change my mind. Sam ily so much
I was like "huh, loads of alchemy in Magnus Protocol, better pick up some books on alchemy to see if they help me understand some hidden themes" so I picked up "Secrets of Alchemy" by Lawrence M. Principe and guys, I'm just sitting there, reading it like:
THERE IS SO MUCH STUFF THAT'S CURRENTLY RELEVANT. DYES (INKS??) BEING ONE OF MAIN SUBJECTS, AN ALTAR WHERE YOU SACRIFICE MEN OF THREE METALS AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS (FREDDY?), GERMAN CODE BEING RELEVANT (???), ONE OF THE MAIN ARABIC SCHOLARS OF ALCHEMY WAS PRINCE FUCKING KHALID (like, ya know, SAMAMA KHALID??).
I'm only TWO CHAPTERS INTO THIS BOOK and already had like five points where I'm gleefully reading it and suddenly going "...wait". I will go insane before S1 even ends.