Ep 1: "I think this is a real Valdiani" - 1 line of dialogue, 1 prop design and a 2 second character reaction that tell us A METRIC TONNE about the character and the worldbuilding.
a) She is art savvy (use of the word REAL, she can tell it apart from a fake, and is just not sure), implying that they have been at this since she was an infant.
b) This world has artifact-like art like Fabergé Eggs, which can be much more valuable than common jewels or paintings, so much so that convincing replicas to fool collectors are implied to exist.
c) She is passionate about aesthetic, intricate design and authenticity/recognition, even if no one around her cares. Amids a tense heist, she takes the time to properly admire an item the rest of the crew care little about. She stands out from the ordinary. That moment alone sets up most of the themes that will drive her arc and conflicts - we just don't know it yet, but can clearly feel it.
d) The prop design EXUDES intricate and luxurious Art-Nouveau references seamlessly blended with the sci-fi decopunk aesthetic. Even more than the architecture we'd seen up to that point, that object - which the virtual camera clearly glorifies - is a microcosm of the show's entire art direction approach.
e) Powder's entire expression of awe (character design, animation, voice acting), are so far above average there - even more than the rooftop hesitation/fear from before - that I was sold. This was going to be some next level shit.
