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omg thanks, i didnt notice that at the time since i hadnt unlocked it yet. Honestly replaying the scene again makes me  wonder if each of the character's roles affect the retelling of Columbia's tale from their perspectives.  Like since Harlequin is a Harlequin (who are tricksters and stir chaos, as far as my understanding goes). Perhaps his retelling of the story is told in a way to handle his guilt and bring chaos. My reasoning for this is that I have a feeling Harlequin knows about all the events leading to Columbia death but is too stubborn and focuses on the fact that everyone decided to sacrifice her, which brings chaos (accidently if subconsciously he focuses? or purposely if he willingly focuses too much on everyone's part on the murder) between his relationship and Pierrot's. Jester during the hidden scene says '' Your poison isn't stronger than him'' and then Quin says ''Isn't it? I would love to find out.'' Which well to me implies that Quin knows what event the Jester is referring to ( his envy is the poison and that it is no longer stronger than Pierrot; I think the poison is the envy because in the Jester's puppet show, the name card for Quin is ''The poison'' and his dialogue is basically admitting to loving rage and pain - hate basically which is borne out of envy. To me, this shows he purposely focuses on the team effort on Columbina's death but my interpretation feels kind of weak to me. 

I have this sense that Quin did a mercy kill with Columbina. Because when Columbina says ''I am scared. If they try to touch me again...Will you save me?''

Quin replies by ''Save...?'' I just think it's interesting they used ellipsis instead of just ''Save?''. The ellipsis makes the tone of his dialogue hesitant, like he is thinking of something (might just be me, I think ellipsis is to express uncertainty). If it was just ''Save?'' , there is not uncertainty anymore, it feels like he is mockingly asking her.

Beside that point, Columbina says ''Thank you'' after he devours her head.  He kind of is protecting her.  She is saved from the strangers' touches now atleast. I have a feeling he felt the need to do this because it saves her and feeds his kin. He might have known Pierrot would never do such a thing because he wants to be with Columbina forever, sure he hates what she is going through but I have a feeling Pierrot would allow her to suffer if it meant he would be by her side. Quin might have also killed her because of uncertainty on how he is supposed to save her, idk he might be new to this. Columbina might not see this as her being saved but Quin might, since in Quin's show she is shown to say ''Please help me, I don't want to die'', I am curious who she was asking for help from though.. 

Also, this is random but I think this circus is not the original circus. If you look at the the broken mirror in the blue tent, it shows red text like ''Their smiles are not normal'' or ''Get out of town'' , but most importantly, for my point atleast ''HAHAHAHAHAHAHA'', which is also very similar to what Quin says after stabbing Columbina's chest with his claws in Jester's show, ''HAHAAH'' (something along those lines). I have a feeling he went mental and decided to burn the original circus down the next morning after Columbina's death. But this might be wrong because it could be that the mirrors in the blue tent are actually showing what the future could be or showing what the true nature of the circus is. I said what the future could be because maybe in the future Pierrot keeps us with him for forever and Quin eats us (in the endings) which is what the mirrors show. Or it is showing the true nature of our environment. Pierrot isn't just some intense fun lover, he actually wants to keep us forever and won't let us leave. Quin is not just some bold flirter, he will literally eat us if not for the rules. The mirrors might even just be a way for the victims of the circus to communicate with the living or something. I doubt they were just ''illusions''. But that is just me.