Here's something else I found interesting - consider the style of clothes that Richard was wearing when little Ben happened upon him. Look familiar? I thought so... they looked like the style of clothes that Tom and Bea Klugh and Others were wearing at the little hut village by the Pala Ferry, where Michael saw Walt again - the disguises. Why would the Others adopt disguises, the style of disguises that were from Richard? Also - did anyone else notice that at little Ben and Richard's meeting Richard actually says Ben's name, and Ben hadn't told Richard his name. How did Richard know that information?

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