My TADC ep 8 Cope art about Caine
This is a non-canon timeline of the Silly Circus where after being deleted, Caine comes back as a "human" in this other circus. Idk how I just wanted him to come back.
Pomni here had the great misfortune of being the most recognizable human and he immediately went on the attack. His words come out as garbled computer noises and static. The humans can't understand what he's saying.
Being designated as a human means he's been stripped of his powers too, so he's in the same boat as them. Mostly.
Silly Caine knows what he really is. And heard/understood how he was threatening Pomni. And how he reeks of a devoured ai. The humans think he's one of them, but Silly Caine doesn't treat him with the same warmth reserved for the guests.
Humans in this Circus always have to be some flavor of clown or mime or jester, so the fact that he looks more like an acrobat is a clue that he's not one of them. An acrobat stuck wearing the same colors that he picked for his villain song.
Initially I thought about giving him multiple sets of limbs, but it just didn't look right. The main goal was to make him Caine but without looking like himself, if that makes sense. I think his face turning into a star like the back of his model glitching works though.