I don't think the smoke monster and Nameless are necessarily the same thing, no. We know now that Locke has been Nameless this whole season, so I see no reason that he couldn't have just become Alex to speak to Ben before returning to Locke after using the smoke monster to give Ben a scare. Which isn't to say they aren't the same entity, I'm just also still open to the smoke monster still being just a tool or just a security system.
Looking back, it feels kind of funny to know just how badly we've been manipulated this season. Pretty awesome job, that.
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