User blog comment:Zolnir/Volume 2 Episode 1: Best Day Ever Review and Theories/@comment-9090085-20140726075741

I going to disagree with you on the "Do what, Roman?" line; I think Cinder's "soft-spoken-ness" serves to emphasize her control over Roman rather then detract from it - In that she has such total control over him that she doesn't need to put any steel in her voice to get him to do what she wants; she can be just as silky and smooth as she normally is.

(She also seems to like hiding her death-treats to him in seemingly innocuous actions - see Roman's expression when she "gets a light" in Black and White, and of course her glowing eyes when she caresses his face in this episode)

... Now that I think about it, the only times she put any "steel" into her voice was when she was visibly annoyed that people weren't following her orders...

That's what I think, anyway. I like the rest of what you've got, especially your theories on Mercury and Emerald.