Status Updates From Feast of Sorrow

On page 76, Vatia is attacked by the snake. I think it's slightly odd how Thrasius made the comment, "only the day before I had convinced Apicius to give her a raise in her peculium." So far with how Apicius is acting, I have a slight feel he's actually the bad guy. There's this lead up that the whole time his mother was bad, but maybe he's been sabotaging the whole time!