Walt ~ Where are you?
Walt has made 3 appearances since his capture by the “Others”. After re-watching all of the episodes it appears that Walt is doing exactly the same thing in each instance when he appears to Shannon. The finger to his lips indicating to Shannon to hush. Speaking backwards. Dripping wet. Same clothes.
Either Walt has his routine down pat or we are not really seeing Walt.
First of all, I am not a Star Wars nerd. However, I am going to make a Star Wars reference. Remember in the 1st Star Wars, the one from the late 70’s, when the Princess has a message on R2D2 that is to be played to Ben? She is projected out in a hologram. There is a brief message where she is asking for help and provides some direction. It wasn’t really the Princess in the cave - it was her image.
Getting back to Walt … We are not really seeing Walt. We are seeing an image of Walt being projected. He isn’t actually there at all. His message is being replayed over and over again. And Walt doesn’t speak backwards, that’s a glitch in the system. He was recorded speaking properly but in the playback something got mixed up which caused the audio to be replayed backwards.
Now, what is this image or projection? I’ll give you a hint … you have seen them before. Little, lots of them, can be confused with a wisp of smoke. Nanobots. Intelligently compiled these nanobots can assemble to take the shape of an object or person. They can record and transmit audio communication. They would disappear quickly and become invisible to the human eye.
What we are seeing is the nanobots recording Walt. They then take the form of Walt and communicate to Shannon (and now Sayid) the message. The question is, did the Others who are holding Walt want the nanobots to make the recording in order to play for Shannon and others or is this something the nanobots did on their own? Walt was wet at the time of the recording - was that from the ocean or is he being held in a location where you have to pass through water to access it (for example, a location behind a waterfall)?
I am really sure about the following; (1) Nanobots are on the island, (2) They were being studied by Hanso, (3) They have been released (or they escaped) on the island. The Swan hatch that studies electromagnetic stuff is what keeps the swarm(s) from leaving the island. If the button isn’t pushed every 108 minutes does that somehow drop the field allowing the swarm to leave? The Hanso orientation film discussed an accident - was the original accident the swarm breaking out of its secured labratory confines? Now, the only protection is the 108 minute security reset?
