Re: Grey Council and Bob: it’s possible that at Chichen Itza the Grey Council, if anyone noticed the Bob-halo, attributed it to TWG. If I recall correctly he was mostly halo-ing Murph, right? And she was in full-on-angel-possession-mode? I think it’s likely that if anyone saw it they’d assume it was angelic presence, and I don’t think anyone tipped wise to Bob.

Harry certainly isn't seeing it as a "romantic prospect", and he is this close to outright defying Mab over it, when Molly stops him. He's extremely upset about the idea.

I know he‘s upset, I don’t mean Harry is the one thinking it. But as readers it seems to having been set up for us to see Harry/Lara in Peace Talks, with all the sexual tension between them at multiple points, plus Freydis telling Harry that Lara *actually* might be interested in him, and now at the end of BG it’s shoved out into the open in what almost feels like a fanfic plot or a romcom, where two people are forced to get married, have to pretend they’re in a relationship, and then slowly fall for each other.

And honestly I’m not even opposed to that happening at all. Lara’s one of my favourite of Harry’s scary allies, and she’s not that scary anymore. I don’t even mind Harry/Lara. I just...wish it wasn’t in the same book where Murph died. 🙁

Unanswered question: was there an offscreen reason why Molly and Lara are so mad at each other that I missed? Is it just that Molly is jealous of Harry and Lara’s relationship, like heard the rumours from the Peace Talks or something? Or are we meant not to know?

I don't think they will meet the enemy in Burnham Harbor. I think the enemy will march up the river and the fight will become a melee in downtown.  the fight will become multiple fights with ad hoc groups that form in the confusion.  Harry's group will take the fight to the Titan and the spear will be used as it was used in the crucifixion to draw blood from her. This fight is where Harry's allies will stand or fall.

Oh boy, I bet you’re right. They’ll almost definitely attack from the river, as well as the lakefront. Lakefront huge assault, while troops move invisibly upriver to the downtown to start wrecking mortals, or attach the allies from behind.

Hopefully someone in the Chicago Defense will think of posting Summer fey in the river - if they can surprise Dresden in Cold Days with how many fey were invisible in the river, surely they can take away most of the oomph out of the river attack.

Could the British prisoner on Demonreach be King Arthur?

We know the prisoners on Demonreach are very powerful. In Skin Game, he says he’s “someone who needs to be here”, indicating both that he has done something monstrous and considers himself monstrous because of it.

King Arthur’s greatest crime was one that’s less well known in Arthurian legends: that he had tons of children, babies, fruitlessly killed. After Merlin told him that a child born on May Day would destroy Arthur (unknown to Arthur at the time, it was his incest-born son, Mordred), Arthur then rounded up all the newborn noble children born around that day, put them on a ship, and had it sunk, killing them all. It would make a lot of sense if it’s the thing Arthur regrets most in his life, especially since it didn’t kill Mordred, who still went on to destroy Arthur and Camelot, and so he killed the children for nothing.

(I will admit that a large part of my theory here has been influenced by Guy Gavriel Kay’s Fionavar Tapestry, which uses that part of Arthurian legend to great, excellent effect.)

I’m sure also that in the Dresdenverse, Arthur may not have been the saint the stories make him out to be; who knows why he might deserve to be held on Demonreach? Maybe we’ll find out. 

King Arthur’s death story also has him, mortally wounded, being borne away on a boat in a lake to a mysterious island where he won’t die. Like, to an island where he’ll be kept...in stasis.

We will eventually need a wielder for Excalibur Amoracchius. Maybe he’ll help Thomas to wield it? Maybe Harry will release him for the BAT?

Just throwing the thought out there.