[That they have a claim to them... it makes sense, if Ardyn's reincarnation theory is true. And it's something that he's known himself for a while, that everything he's gotten back is somehow his... it's like he told Alison; he would much rather know he's reincarnated and that what he's seeing is his than to think that it's all at random.]

Our names got drawn from the hat?

[It's dry, sardonic--the best he's got to offer.]

If they do have a reason, I'd like to hear it. But I haven't seen anything to make me think they're organized enough to have a system of who they "wake up."