Quick theory about the Digital Circus.

So I was looking at episode 8 and I realized that after Queenie abstracted, Kinger was alone for quite a while.

So my theory is that Caine did this on purpose. Why? I mean I'd be pissed for being stowed away all alone by the person who created me

So what's the best punishment? Put them through the exact same experience! If I understand the conological order of events, Kinger was all alone until Ragatha showed up.But how long was he there for?

Well if we look at this screenshot, we can see that Ragatha joined in 2008.

We can also see that Scratch joined in 1999. However, the time of abstraction of the characters is unkown as well as Kinger's and the other employees join time. Considering the context of the scene, they mostly like got dragged into the Digital Circus approximately at the same time considering the characters look all confused and are trying to figure everything out. So if this is the case, the abstraction of every signle character overtime robably took maaaybe a year or 2? So Kinger was the last one around 2000 and 2001. Which would mean he was alone for about 6 to 7 years. This is an estimate by the way so take this with a grain of salt.

On another note that other thing that I notoiced is that Bubble is nowhere to be seen in the flash back and I think there's a reason for this but bare with me because we can obviously tell that Caine wasn't expecting another human to join the circus when he saw Ragatha. I believe that upon Ragatha's arrival, Caine took this as an opportunity to prove himself. That he is capable. Now one could argue that when Caine and Kinger were all alone, Bubble only ever showed up in Caines office because we all know what happens when we're all alone with our thoughts. And this is essentially what bubble is. A thought Bubble! While it is obvious that bubble is the other AI that Caine ate, my guess is that Bubble is preying on Caine's insecurities. Essentially blurting out his fears in his face.

This is why I believe that Bubble only really started showing up after Ragatha showed up. And then became more present as more humans joined. This most likely because, with more humans showing up, they're going to want things and Caine is the only one who is able to provide for them. Or at least he tries. See, it's known that Caine is an unfished AI and if we look at this card:

Bro lacks empathy. Which sounds odd but it makes sense. Because Caine has a hard time understanding humans, what they want, and why they want it. So it leads him to be narcissistic and THIS is why bubble has surfaced because Caine is under a lot of pressure from demands of humans he cannot understand. This is what bubble preys on. He's been waiting for Caine to break so that Bubble can i guess....win? or excape from Caine's grip. But yeah

Anyway, I had this all in my head for a while and I needed to get it out so hope you all enjoyed reading. Remember that this is a theory and not 100% canon