Whatever Jacob is--and I've read some pretty far out there theories today--I think the dark line--which looked like volcanic ash--is holding him in that shack.
I agree with you in that it's Ben holding Jacob and calling the shots, which wasn't what Ben implied in his conversations with Locke, if I remember correctly. For that matter, I guess Jacob wasn't really talking to Ben at all, was he? I mean, he seemed genuinely surprised at the fact that Locke heard him as well as the fact that Jacob spoke.
Richard's lack of aging just seems one more drop in the time trickery theory bucket that the show keeps hinting at, but never fleshes out.
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