Board Thread:Theories Discussion/@comment-12515537-20151121035914/@comment-27337852-20151203160716

The aforementioned precedent is why I suggested it as the (primary) cause of Maria's soul being present in the clockworker doll. You are correct in stating that neither Swap or Communication are abilities possessed by the cursed twins, however, so I suppose there's not really a way to credit either of those to Maria's presumed situation.

Personally, I like the idea that her soul never left Bolganio. No afterlife, no reincarnation, just an entity that has been ever-present since Levianta's destruction, but not necessarily with a physical form, though I'll be the first to admit that it sounds impossible considering what we currently know. Unless you say the magic word: MAGIC. But I doubt that will end up being the case.

Your comment about the fragments of the dragon body fusing with the twins made me question something though; obviously the only thing that can be proven from that event is that the bodies fused with the twins. But could it be the case that parts of the god's souls did so as well? Assuming that someone's soul (which is an entire discussion on it's own) suffuses their body, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to say that when the Levia-Behemo body fell apart, fragments of the god's souls were present in each part.

There are plenty of other theories that could be contrived from that, so I'm going to avoid trying to list them all, but I'll mention one that comes to mind; upon finally awakening, Behemo expresses that his desire for the destruction of the third period has disappeared, and though he attributes it to his 500 year slumber, it could have been passed off to the cursed twins via this event. They do tend to be malicious (though this is usually attributed to their fanatical devotion to their mother figure - I would have liked to see what happened if Hansel and Gretel had been born under a benevolent mother once, like Anne Swee.)

I apologize for getting off track. Back to Maria - other than a modified use of the swap technique, I'm honestly not sure how she could be explained to be the MotC.