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I've been teaching Belphie not to jump on Pangur, cause she's old and arthritic and doesn't like it. and as part of my "training", I've been giving him a treat every times he stops his evil actions and trots over to me.

I thought I was training him to come when called. in actuality, I've been training him to bite Pangur. so now he'll jump on her, chew her ear, and then make bird-of-prey eye contact with me from across the room. and the worst thing is I'VE ALSO BEEN GIVING PANGUR A TREAT EACH TIME (so she doesn't feel left out). which means that she'll whimper pathetically from Belphie biting her, and then also make intense eye contact with me, because she's been conditioned to expect treats afterward.

The first time Scott is charging up, he tells Becky “just hit me” and then tells her to keep hitting him harder.

He has to talk himself up into jumping off the building, similar to Mark talking himself up into jumping off his roof and trying to fly.

WHEN Scott is standing on the edge of that building, a bunch of white birds fly by in front of him, directly paralleling episode 1 when Mark was standing on the crane, about to jump off. Except Mark gets to jump off and have a nice fun little flight and really begin his hero’s journey. Scott jumps off slams into the ground and begins his quest for vengeance.