Hey blink, can you give us some insight into how roman is taking the whole 'I screwed up in making Goetia and now its running around using my corpse as a prom suit' thing?
He's handling it. Mostly. He doesn't have a chance to process it normally because, you know, only real admin in the staff, but he's... working through it. It helps that Morgan gave a PLN. All it needs is an 'A' and then they have a plan.
Does anyone even think they can force him to do that? At most he'll say fine, end up targeting Pepe then say he got it wrong.
Even so, it may not be such a bad thing, as Kirsch not too bad of a guy after all, but like Mash said, Matthew is still not fully house-broken.
If he brought Pepe back instead of Wodime at this point, assuming it wasn't a case of the mission requiring one before the other, it would drop morale in the toilet. People need happiness and confidence to be productive, otherwise output drops and they break down which jeopardizes the mission, and more importantly, the world.
With the assumption that Pepe will
eventually be back, he won't shoot himself in the foot for short-term gain.
Also we as the readers are very aware of one thing: Kirsch holds Marisbilly's ideals in that he wants all humans to be equal. And he can be a little... extreme... with his methods. But that's in the context of the Lostbelts. In the context of the Singularities?
Let us assume a few things. First, his goofiness is a fundamental part of him, as is his kindness and goodwill. Second, that a major part of his desperation is his own power slowly killing him thanks to the murder attempt when he was a kid. Third, the Alien God played a huge part in his actions. Fourth, in the absence of the latter two, the first comes to the forefront.
...in short? If Kirsch and Ritsuka play their cards right, Caspan (the guy from multiple chapters ago) may have shot himself in the dick by giving Matthew one of his greatest champions to date, especially since he would consider himself in the guy's debt for healing his
terminal magic condition.
All Kirsch has to do is get past the 'FUCK ANIMUSPHERE' and he's gold.