Man, what a hero Bete is. Great writing too. Making himself the focus of everyone's negative emotions, to distract them from turning those emotions inwards or towards Finn etc. Massive self-sacrifice for him, since he knows a lot of people didn't like him to start, which makes it both easier and harder I imagine.
Either way, though his methods suck, his heart is pretty golden. Curious to see how it all shakes out, and if he gets found out. Seems like Ais and Finn at least are already onto him.