At least it looked like Loa and Mercury had fun at the gala and enjoyed each other's company for most of the night, even though their date could have hardly ended any worse. Loa certainly deserved a happier first queer experience, and at this point you need a spreadsheet to keep track of traumatic events Mercury has gone through. I hope the reason they didn't have Bling! be her date for the gala is that they didn't want to mess up their relationship.