Okay. So.
Serpent Bae said he was free, once the "ritual" was completed. Because he is now allowed to follow the kid that abandoned him.
SO.
Does he think Pretty Bae, in their past life, abandoned him?
I mean. If Pretty Bae named him ( finally ) and, somehow, made him take root there ... and then the village fuckers killed him ( just like the women ), it would make sense ... because Serpent Bae would be left thinking Pretty Bae abandoned him when, in reality, he died.
Now, HOW did Serpent Bae find Pretty Bae in the modern setting? Maybe, as the woman with a shaman family said, the serpent tattoo called forth entities — and being the snake one, it coincidentally called Serpent Bae? AND THEN, BOOM, he recognized Pretty Bae?
I NEED TO KNOW. I am way too invested in this (/TДT)/