I just had a realization about Episode 3... and it may say alot about Kinger and Caine. (Episode 8 Spoiler Warning)

in Episode 3 when Kinger and Pomni get Seperated, the Walls are covered in Horrific and Distorted heads of the Cast. but I notable missing one... Kinger.

what if... the Angel's head is Kinger? the biggest one behind this is the Eye Placement. its almost exactly like Kinger's.

to further things, Kinger was looking at and said "I'm starting to Think", what if he was going to say "I'm starting to think this is me", but the transition between his normal self and his sane self was in the transition between so it made the Thought pause.

after that, In the tape Kinger starts, it said stuff along the lines of finally getting rid of the creature and how they have its head as a Trophy, but the Owner's troubles were about to start. with it doing weird things and making him go crazy until it got him. saying they can never let it out of their sight or it'll get them too.

this fuels this theory heavily, because as we know Kinger was someone who worked on Caine too. so what if Caine saw Kinger as a Threat and thought the problems were done when he entered the Circus. but as we know, Kinger was in there much later then most people, even Queenie seemed to greet him as a new guy. so maybe Kinger was trying to do something behind the Scenes that Caine didnt like. maybe even noticed something.

when Kinger got in, he was Caine's Trophy per say. but... Kinger was always a problem. he knew what Kinger was capable of. and needed to keep him from stopping Him. but he kept giving people Hope and Guiding them even in Dark moments. but I think, deep down, Caine knew that his he didnt keep Kinger in Check, Kinger would be the end of him. maybe even changed something in kinger to make him more Docile.

this makes sense in Episode 8 when he realized something was off and he hasn't seen Kinger in awhile, and went to check on him. until things happened. the Creature got him in a sense.

this brings up another point of Interest about Kinger, Caine, and Bubble. Bubble works like Caine's unfiltered Thoughts. but in Episode 8, Bubble says "you were always the Lesser of the two". and i think this theory explains this much more.

Lets start with Caine, but first, Cain and Abel were two of the first Humans in Biblical Lore, Cain being Evil and the First Murderer, Abel was the good brother and the First Victim. these are Important.

Caine is said to be the Lesser and as we know Unstable. in this case he's Cain. (obviously. lol)

Kinger, he's nothing but good and despite being not all there is what is helping keep people Sane. he quite literally Glows, a Light in the Dark, I want to say that Kinger is Abel.

but there is 2 more pieces of Evidence given to us from 2 episodes. both Episode 8 and Episode 5.

in the opening of Episode 8, we see 2 dots. a Red one and a Blue one. we can guess Caine is the Red one. and the Blue one gets consumed by the Red one. Basically, Cain Killed Abel. And you may ask yourself, "why does that make Kinger Abel?"

in episode 5, during the President Pomni suggestion, Kinger said "Blue is mu favorite Color, it being close to Black", while the Black part may not be important since it could be tossed up to the thoughts of a Crazy person. the point is that he said his Favorite color was Blue.

but then you may be thinking "But... Kinger is Purple, he wears Purple", true. but there is 2 things about that, His eyes are Blue. but that alone doesnt mean much even though he's the only character besides Caine to have Iris's. which is Evidence on its own. but, the Red Orb consumed the Blue Orb. Red and Blue make Purple. this could also hint at Caine's Influence over Kinger.

this all points to the fact that Caine took out Kinger. Cain Took out Abel. and if we are too believe that the Blue Dot is Kinger. could Kinger truely be Abel, another AI created and was Better in every way? the Perfected Model? now, this is a Stretch of course. this is the part where this theory gets Shaky but hear me out.

Episode 8, we also see things like Kinger's Desk, and Queenie's Relationship.

these could easily disprove my Theory, but doesn't completely dismantle it. even looked at his desk to make sure of things. but what if, Kinger was so intelligent that he could understand Human Emotion, and over time he and Queenie, who was part of C&A, could have formed a Human and AI relationship. they probably played Chess on the Computer or commicated to eachother to play the real game and joking called eachother Kinger and Queenie. he probably knew her love of Butterflies (which BTW, as symbolic of Rebirth/Reincarnation), and had a odd but real relationship.

His name isn't on the Desk so we assumed it's His. with this possibility in mind, it would Work. and he probably had a Username and Password and access to Files because he was a Digital Companion that helped with their Work. which could also explain why Kinger was pulled in so much later because it probably wasn't easy to grab something like Kinger unlike people who willingly Entered. or why She didn't immediately Recognize him if they entered around the Same Time.

this also makes sense why Kinger has never Abstracted, or why his Conjurations are so much Smoother and not just popped in, and he's able to think Clearer then Caine and tries to understand others to make them Happy. he's the Perfected AI that Caine tried to consume so he wouldnt get Abandoned. And this could even explain the Red and Blue eyes on Caine. and lets not Forget, The Creature's Head, was from a Angel.