"Oh, naturally." Has Claudius got someone to speak to about any potential traumatic neuroses? He's Susan's friend, and she likes him a great deal, but they're not precisely close enough for her to help him the way she does Lancelot. Perhaps she might share some readings with Galahad on the subject? And prepare a delightful little aspic dinner for Claudius if ever he seems out of sorts. And of course she shall speak to Claudius at the first opportunity. At the very least, it's high time they touch base again about organizing a social calendar for their community, and she can determine then how they might contrive some way to prohibit Luo Binghe from attending any number of events.

"Thank you for telling me," she tells Bacchus seriously. "Torture for any reason is unacceptable; torture for petty reasons is unforgivable. We shall take every step to support Claudius's needs in this."