Is it really possible for someone to have a doppelganger? In history yes, but in a fiction story... I'm not sure. My gut tells me that the fact that we look almost exactly alike means SOMETHING.
What if the transplant is our long lost twin... what if we both did naturally have the gift but now we have the gift + the pact but instead of the pact giving us this power it was just us having absorbed our twin's powers like sometimes a twin will get absorbed in the womb--
and I noticed that we can choose to have a similar motive as the og transplant ("you would do anything to extricate urself from the filth" vs "seeing the hightower as a ticket to a better life" or something forgive my paraphrase) WHAT DOES THAT MEAN???
sure it could be commentary on the nature of humanity, being willing to step on others who are in the exact same circumstances as yourself in order for a hint of a chance at a better life but it maybe might be... a plot hint? idk
Or what if we are the actual transplant, but mentally magicked and "killing someone who looks exactly like you as a sacrifice" is just to trick us to consenting to use our body as the vessel for this ancient probably evil being?????
IDK IDK IT JUST WOULDN'T LEAVE MY MIND MAN THANKS FOR THE LOVELY IF I HAD SO MUCH FUN PLAYING IT (from hubbygirl anon, I just had a thought I needed to share)
Hey now! I'm sure everything is just a coincidence.
Everything Is Fine At Hightower.
(and thanks for the asks!!)