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[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by bewitched

Ben had a list of survivors; was it a list just of the kids, or of "candidates"? I wonder where he got said list because he thought he had been interacting with Jacob the whole time when I think it's somewhat clear that he had actually been being guided by MIB all along which brings up another thought...

Actually, Ben admitted to never having seen Jacob. So perhaps he never interacted with either Jacob or MIB and just lied the whole time. Though he certainly could have spoken with one of them, thinking it was Jacob, without actually having seen them.