I can only aspire to be as happy in madness as the good doctor is

thinking about my FL OCs' responses to being flirted with. I think with Wren you just get a Look and a flat "no" and if you push your luck you get an instant trip to the boatman

and if you misinterpret that as romantic interest and keep pushing your luck, well. that's when she brings out the ultra-strength laxatives

the doctor's familiarity level with each of the Calendar Council, minimal spoilers version

(and I think that's just a very important part of his idealism - he has lofty, mad goals about the tearing down of death's gates and reshaping the natural order and all that. but taking care of people in the here and now is still important to him, and it's what takes priority when it's right in front of him. it's just that he needs to be dragged out of his lab now and then so these things can be in front of him to begin with)