* CrazyIsCool: in universe [[spoiler: Mathiros certainly thought so during his relationship with Phaedra]] .
* {{Squick}} : The squid dissection scene; Isyllt using her necromancy to animate the tentacles during her demonstration does not make things any better. Her students seem to feel much the same, several are later described as "slumped in chairs breathing shallowly and trying not to vomit".