The Hawkline Monster Part 1

"They stood there for a moment with their arms around each other: still laughing. They were the same height and had the same color hair and the same build and the same features and they were the same woman."

Before Miss Hawkline and Magic Child reunited, it was mentioned that one of the characters in the novel believed the two to be twins. At that time, I wondered why the two would try to be so different- dress differently, adapt different names, and in Magic Child's case, pretend to be of a different nationality. Therefore, during that point in the book, I figured that Miss Hawkline and Magic Child tried to find their own identities instead of being the same person. However, when they are reunited, I found out almost right away that my assumptions were incorrect. As they are around each other, their identities form together to create one person with two bodies. This makes me wonder why the two created such different identities in the first place, keeping my interest in the story.