one thing ive also had a hard time getting behind- do you have any clue why lil cal is empty post-scratch, but is full of souls pre-scratch? even though they should be identical? i asked shelby about her thoughts and she said she didnt know, id love to hear yours

It’s because two versions of the same juju can’t exist at the same time.  So when the timeline splits at the scratch the B1 Cal keeps the souls and the B2 Cal is essentially an empty copy.