I love that this was addressed by Datu. It's very clear that character are think and said the same we thinking the real world.
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This has just become one of my all-time favourite episodes! So many twists and tense moments, can't wait to see how the next episode pans out :D
My thoughts are that the women were already pregnant and near birth. The babies would need time to gestate. (Then again, the Inklings DID grow to adult-size quickly. So, it could still go either way.) If they need time to gestate AND Ink was starting a new batch, AND the arena was the type of house of horrors (that everyone is imagining but not explicitly saying) then the new batch of babies should be right coming about now. The Behemoth at the hospital could really be one of the even-larger Inklings like the one seen at Raydon Labs. It could be there guarding the place for Ink, who will also need a neonatal facility very soon. Also, who was it that said that they heard Inklings when Angel and Riley were in the arena?
Well I just relistened, and I think Datu is just assuming that the mother and baby are 12 & 13........
But if you think about it................ All the "Little Ones" had tattoos are their arms..........
Unlucky #13 had a Tattoo on her Forehead......... Michael even mentions that the corpse is a "Shriveled up body of a woman" not a "Zombie" or "One of them" or any of the other ways they describ the infected..........
Did anyone else notice there wasn't a number #8 mentioned? I can't recall hearing it
Kc addressed this earlier in the thread - it sounds like skipping 8 was convenient so they didn't have to turn the counting into sesame street time.
On the idea of the little ones and their mothers: my impression was that the mothers had the number on their foreheads and the babies ended up with a matching number on their arms. My assumption was that it was the mothers that were left and that the one baby had died in childbirth. Also, did anyone else get the impression the baby chewed/clawed its way out based on the description given? I'll have to go back and re-listen to the scene as I haven't had a chance to do that yet.
Another thought on the babies being turned pre-birth: I really hope that is the case as it boads better for Lizzy. If the mothers were getting all of the injections while pregnant in order to turn their baby into a little one, perhaps it means that Lizzy's baby is safe from that fate. (Unless that latent infection of Sauls goes and screws everything up... ;) ) Then again, if they get turned after.... I hope more people show up to prevent Ink from playing Frankenstein with the new arrival.