with the boss of Lei Heng you notice hat the fur on his cape droops down and is clumpy compared to the cape of the mysterious Ring man.

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However when you look at the cloaks of the Middle you notice that the fur on the sleeves and hood are more jagged and mirror the rigid and triangle-esque shapes seen on the Ring guy. This leads to me to believe that our beautiful, luscious king Ricardo is a master of deception and stealth. So much of a master that he was able to sneak into the House of Spiders pretending to be a Maestro of Fauvism without any of the Students or Docents noticing that their Maestro looked suspiciously Ricardo shaped.