Quote Originally Posted by animus View Post
I guess Irisu was typing to Hongou and Oreki's sister right?

Anyways, did we establish anything about the Empress? Did she really just reject her script and didn't want to hurt her feelings? I guess she did when she typed in response "I was in a position to not let the movie fail."

In episode eight, Irisu texted to Hongou, chatted with a Senpai (Oreki's sister? Last we heard she was in India? Or Ukraine?), then chatted with Chitanda "L".

This episode as you sa, she talked with Hongou, then Oreki's sister.

While I do feel sorry for Oreki this time (it'll make it quite hard for him to believe he can really make a difference again), I sympathise with the Empress more after the final scene. Like a true empress, she has to keep her little empire from failing - and if it requires her to step on people, so be it. People expect her to do her job, but she gets bad press for it.