While the story of Cain and Abel is very much implied inspiration of the show, mainly for Caine's arc, I also thought there were also some parallels to the Garden of Eden story as well. Though I came up with a few different ideas on how this would have occurred. The idea I stuck with most has to do with Scratch and Caine proposing a deal like with Eve and the serpent. The deal would have involved the gift of the apple(s) where Scratch's project will keep him alive but results in the worst return of being trapped in the circus and inevitably the abstractions, starting with him.














