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However, if he was a Wizard (i.e. able to learn spells from others, and not limited to his self-developed ones), then he could very well have learned such conjurations as the production of weaponry. Wizards constitute a minority of Mages, but are not so rare that it's considered surprising. As for Noriko producing a child via Uryuom egg, I believe that this would only happen after she left Edward--how many husbands are comfortable with the idea of their wives producing a child with a partner other than themselves? Or perhaps her decision to do this is part of what led to them separating?

Yes, Edward (and Adrian himself) are the two people whom the Main Eight know who just might be able to move enough people and resources to seriously cramp Pandora's Master Plan. Pandora thus has an interest in keeping those two on the edge of things until she has more pieces in place.

Certainly, but you want them to be loyal enough not to backstab you in favor of the first person to offer them a few bottlecaps more than you did. Professionalism/personal honor can substitute for loyalty--they just have to be someone who isn't going to break a contract too lightly.

Grace's inability to use Earthly magic may also be tied into her Lespuko genes, which enhance her shapeshifting and telekinetic ability.

Note how she stood still with her eyes closed for a moment, then suddenly launched into "Who wants an interview?" It looks very much like she was stopping to use some sort of spell, especially some kind of area-or-remote-perception spell (some have speculated that it is similar to Sarah's spell--a 3D virtual snapshot of her surroundings that can be examined at the speed of thought).

Much less evil than a Lore plan.

I have always been of the opinion that charging the receiving party and not just the sending party for all text messages is akin to making all postal mail cash-on-delivery. It's basically a form of harassment if you are forced to pay for an unsolicited message that you would have rejected had you known who it was from, yet you have to pay for it before you can even find out that it's an unsolicited message rather than from a friend. Imagine if you had to pay postage on every piece of advertising that is sent to you in the mail whether you wanted to receive it or not.

Part of Toys-R-Us's advertising line is that they are "the biggest toy store there is". The typical Toys-R-Us outlet is about as large as the typical Wal-Mart.

Given how much of a cosplay fan Greg is, I would not be surprised if it was a prop and he told Grace that if she's going to wear a magical girl outfit then she needs the entire ensemble.

Methinks that later on, Pandora will be annoyed that she missed this interesting evening because she had chosen to watch Sarah instead.

We know that for regular girly-morphs, Elliot's pocket items get transferred to a hidden pocket in the new clothes (or possibly simply ejected onto the floor if the new costume has no space to hold them, e.g. a bikini), since Elliot told Ashley as much after transforming at the mall. Some items do seem to be cosmetically altered to match the new form though--Elliot's cell phone case became pink and cutesy.

Steam Greg looks awesome. Maybe that apparatus on his back is some sort of strength-enhancing harness to boost his kicks and punches?

I've never been drunk in my so-far thirty-odd years of life and I have no desire ever to become so. Not that I'm militantly against other people drinking, mind you--I just have no desire for alcohol myself. It probably helps that I find the taste and smell of most alcoholic beverages to be absolutely foul.

So it took them less than an hour for the whole operation and clean-up? I'm impressed.

Fortunately, Elliot is too noble to do that without feeling guilty about it. The interesting thing about the cell phone abilities is not so much that Elliot has them, but rather that apparently he needs no training in order to be able to employ them--there weren't any failed attempts while Elliot tried to figure out how to use the map function, for example.

On alcohol and Susan's mom, the first time that we see Susan's mom (in Night Out), she is carrying around a half-filled cocktail glass. This implies that she is known to drink without need for a social occasion, but seems to prefer wines and cocktails over beer or hard liquor.

Nah, it's just a different art style from what we have seen before for them. Both Anne and Ian's art styles had more cartoonish character designs, whereas the artist drawing the current story is using more lifelike designs.

Yes, cookies need milk!

Of course, Groucho was speaking of an economic environment where gold was $35 per ounce and a typical price for a pound of bread was fifteen to twenty-five cents--and where one dollar per hour was a pretty good wage rate. So, an hour or two's pay for a pound of bread is indeed extremely high, but even with bread costing two dollars a pound or so these days, the average person can still buy as much of it on an hour's pay as back then.

Their side of the world may be mere centimeters away...if you can move in ten dimensions, that is.

I think that Dan self-referencing as "they" is an instance of Dan feeling particularly genderfluid at the time--Dan has spoken of such before.

Yay kitties!

Yay for Charlotte being pedantic.

Yeah, Elliot may have just known of Susan as "That man-hating friend that Sarah hangs out with"--she did have a reputation in the school as the "Hammer Queen".

Well, flirting with your supposed-enemy is a good way to get him off-balance and distract him if you have something else planned for him. See "Distracted by the Sexy" on TVTropes (link omitted for sanity).