[SPOILER] Plot Discussion Thread *Spoiler Alert*

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Now I have the impression that Mandus' body was in the machine and, to fix it, he sent his consciousness to one of the pigs. But that wouldn't explain how he destroyed the machine in the end.

Yeah, and how consciousness was able interact with the world and be harmed and carried by pigs?

I meant that he sent his consciousness to the body of one of the pigs. That would explain why he awoke in a cagebed like the other pig we see. If the pig' s body he was had a human hand, Mandus might not notice that he was in a pig' s body. Well, he was insane, so it wouldn't matter. Anyway, a pigman can interact with the world and be harmed and carried by pigs with no problem. We even saw one of the pigs punching another, so they are not necessarily friendly with each other.