Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20150223174230/@comment-6192846-20150316140506

I can believe a redundancy argument, though mothy pulls a lot of the same tropes twice and just twists them around enough so they're "different" (ex: crossdressing disguise).

I do want to point out one thing: The booklet you reference puts a "?" for Allen's relationship to Riliane, Arth, and Anne. In fact, a lot of the relationship chart has question marks or misleading labels for family relations (Nemesis to "Master" is "hates") so just because we're told in the booklet they're friends (and that might be their relationship for 3/4ths of the book), doesn't mean there won't be the twist down the line that they're twins, lovers, clones, or whatever mothy would want to throw in there.

I lean on her just being his twin and not Riliane still but as long as we do get a good explanation for it, I can believe most of the scenarios suggested.