Thank you for the update!
I was wondering who was next to Philo on page 9! I was like "She's not with the rest of the group? Alright, she wants to be alone, makes sense. Wait, why is there a person next to her then? Eh, probably a nameless background character since it's a public bath, just author showing that it's public. Wait, she's talking to Philo now? Man, my memory is pretty bad, she's being so familiar but I don't recognize her. Maybe I need to re-read later. Wait, what does she mean 'the skills she's stockpiled?' Is this the mom or something??? No, them she would say 'he takes after me' instead of 'he takes after his mom' right? WAIT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HEY BECAUSE THIS WAS HER INTRODUCTION‽ And she's evil, but I saw that coming the moment she mentioned the skills."