
Let’s look at all these twists with Kyle still being in the game. For the blood moon, there would be 1 more person, making 18, meaning they would have 3 tribals of 6, and exile immunity would not be necessary. Then for twin fates, there would have been 14 people instead of 13, meaning Cirie would have been linked to another person since there is now an even number. Meaning no Cirie immunity at exile with the thousand coconuts.
Now we look at this latest dual tribal. Rather than there being 9 people left in the game, Kyle would have made it 10, meaning they likely would have done the typical dual tribal where they split into two groups before the challenge and two people gain immunity for completely separate tribals.
I’d imagine the game design was made to be extremely precise to match up with where the numbers would have been, meaning a surprise medevac would have thrown a serious wrench into the machine, forcing the designers to scramble to balance the numbers again in each twist. The way I see it, all of these extra details being used to balance the numbers all come back to a surprise elimination, meaning that in the end, it all loops back to Kyle’s Medevac in episode 1