Es not going easy on Amane is a lot less cute, Es slapping Haruka, accusing Kazui of cheating and Kazui blowing them off, Es' distant treatment of Muu, Shidou immediately empathizing with Es as a child... Lots of examples.

The prisoners are all talking with their victim, in a way.

I'm feeling really called out here

Congrats on the release!!!! :D Expect word from me once I can sit down to read!

Bet!!! Can't wait to read it, the progress shots you've been posting look awesome! 👀

The candlesticks with little drippy hands are just 🥺🥺🥺

Caine's name comes from the bible in Cain and Abel.

Cain gets jealous when his offering is not accepted by God, so he kills Abel. He is banished as punishment, and Cain then founds a city & starts his own bloodline.

He builds a city of people who reliant on him and his care-giving.

That's Caine!

I should also add the context of my original theory was that Pomni would confront Jax about Ragatha

Jax would abstract during the confrontation with the group insisting he take Ragtha's pain seriously

Ragatha copes by staying quiet to keep the peace so Jax abstracting b/c "her" abstracts her

Oops

I think abstraction is when coping mechanisms fail!

Gangle was saved in ep4 after her mask failed because Zooble reached out to empathize, and Pomni also was stablized in episode 2 when she realized she had Community support

There's a literal pit of despair looming, it's not looking good for Jax 👀

Caine is literally sweeping problems under the rug, that's it, that's the show.

Therapy for everyone!

I think the final message of The Amazing Digital Circus will be about the importance of a community support system of sincerity and connection.

It’ll be an inversely positive one to the doom and gloom regret spiral of suffering and hopelessness that I have No Mouth and I Must Scream ends with. :)