Eleanor Monologue Analysis

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And how did you use it?

"In restoring your will, Eleanor was asking you how to behave...And how did you use it? To prey upon the innocent. Now look at her. You have fathered a killer.

"You may not have wanted me father, but you defined me. You chose to survive, no matter the cost, and I will not let those instincts go to waste. The rapture dream is over, and in wakening I am reborn."

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You watch as your Eleanor swims below her mother, grabs her by the ankle, and drags her down. She holds on to her leg, until Sophia runs out of breath, and drops to the floor, Hand around her throat, arm outstretched for air, she drifts down in defeat.

You know you wouldn't have done differently, and perhaps that is why this is upsetting to you.
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"You made a monster out of me father. You left me in doubt. Didn't you want me to be like you? I knew I could save you; but if you felt regret, if you wanted me to chose for myself I would have to let you go, to let you die. "

You hear your Eleanor's pain, see her waiting for you to stop her, to give her a sign that she shouldn't do this. But you won't. You can't. You need your Eleanor, and she needs you, and where you end and your Eleanor begins is not something you can see anymore. You are selfish, too selfish to try to see it, when she needs to. You can protect your Eleanor from everything, you find, but yourself. What is a little sister without her big
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You would do anything for your Eleanor's safety, and she is aware of that. She understood. Your Eleanor would survive, no matter the cost, and this was the law of nature that has nurtured your survival in Rapture.

Clearly your Eleanor comes to a similar conclusion. Your Eleanor lowers her ADAM extractor, as you do nothing about it.

This is perfectly natural,

Your last gift.

As you and your Eleanor begin to pay attention to the world again, It begins to rain. The water is choppy, and you check that you Eleanor checks that we are ready, before investigating it.

"You will always be with me father" your Eleanor assures you.” When I need you, you'll be there; whispering over my shoulder. " She insists as you walk to the water.

Together you watch the water, waiting for whatever is coming up to you from the depths. But it is only corpses, bobbing on the waves now.

They will sink soon enough.

Rapture may have bound the two of you together, but here your Eleanor has made the two of you one. Once Your Eleanor had told you she would change, be like you.

Your Eleanor has succeeded in that beyond anything you had ever

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