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>>2958945
Are you sure he remembers? Any time he deals with something from 6 years ago, his memory blacks out. Refer to this picture and also the one in >>2958770.

Jessica is the brains behind Beatrice, Shannon is the one who puts on the costume and shows herself. Case in point- game board Beato only appears if Shannon survives the first twilight. Eps 2 and 4.

Other fun facts- if Shannon survives the first twilight, Eva and Hideyoshi always die. If she dies they both live. Also, if Shannon lives, Jessica always dies on the second twilight. Kanon's body always dissapears if Shannon survives.

Shannon is a strange exception to the rule that those hired by Kinzo be among 'the most promising graduates' from the Fukuin House. She was hired practically before she even started attending school. Age 6. Shannon is the one among all those that age who remember Battler's behavior best. See attached and following images.

I've been cataloging alot of the red as well as scenes I consider significant.

Jessica has her own suspicious traits, but Shannon is much higher on my list.

So I just reread the Epitaph, and looking back over things, I wonder if it is neither a poem regarding the gold (though it does indicate where the gold is, that's not all), nor a resurrection ceremony, but rather a message directed solely at Battler. Read the last lines of the poem carefully.

The goals of the poem lie in four parts: Bestowal of all the gold, resurrection of the dead, revival of the lost love, and putting the witch to sleep for eternity.

Taking each as a complete statement, 'revival of the lost love' does not mean that Shannon or Jessica or whoever died in the second twilight gets extra super resurrected. It should literally mean 'A love which was dead is revived'

So whose love is revived in what way? I've been theorizing that Beatrice is a secondary personality of someone on the island. Probably Jessica, but maybe Shannon. 'Putting the witch to sleep for all time', taken in the same context as Beato begging Battler to kill her, could be interpreted as the destruction of the 'witch' personality in whoever Beato inhabits.

Battler's 'sin' probably has to do with the crazy shit he said as a kid. One of the other kids (again, Shannon or Jessica) took what he said to heart, and when he left the family they felt like he'd betrayed them.