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** People have had similar procedures in real life, though not a needle through an eye there has been eye surgery on the retina. As well people suffer from burst blood vessels in the eye from trauma and the blood eventually clears out with time. As well the needle could also be injecting the same magical material that makes up the medipacks he uses.

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** People have had similar procedures in real life, though not a needle through an eye there has been eye surgery on the retina. As well people suffer from burst blood vessels in the eye from trauma and the blood eventually clears out with time. As well the needle could also be injecting the same magical material that makes up the medipacks he uses.uses.

* How did the Necromorphs gte up to the solar array? It's almosta mile up from the station, and can only be reached by an elevator that runs on magnetic rails ''and'' not been used recently enough so it is broken when you reach it? While necromorphs can survive in Space, until we see froms with rocket propulsion and ability to spread TheCorruption it's still be wondering.
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* Shouldn't Isaac and Stross eyes be utterly wasted? I'm no medic but jamming huge-ass needles in yours eyes SEVERAL times over three years, and jamming them so far it probably goes right through the optical nerves, and add the fact that the eye bleed and thus is probably filled with blood, I mean, How is Isaac even able to see shit with his right eye just after the minigame sequence?

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* Shouldn't Isaac and Stross eyes be utterly wasted? I'm no medic but jamming huge-ass needles in yours eyes SEVERAL times over three years, and jamming them so far it probably goes right through the optical nerves, and add the fact that the eye bleed and thus is probably filled with blood, I mean, How is Isaac even able to see shit with his right eye just after the minigame sequence?sequence?
** People have had similar procedures in real life, though not a needle through an eye there has been eye surgery on the retina. As well people suffer from burst blood vessels in the eye from trauma and the blood eventually clears out with time. As well the needle could also be injecting the same magical material that makes up the medipacks he uses.
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*** The guy Kendra did kill in Dead Space 1. Why choose him instead to do the narrating of ,say, Tiedmann?

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*** The guy Kendra did kill in Dead Space 1. Why choose him instead to do the narrating instead of ,say, Tiedmann?
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***The guy Kendra did kill in Dead Space 1. Why choose him instead to do the narrating of ,say, Tiedmann?



*** They've already proven the franchise exists outside of Isaac and not once did the fans throw 'a whiny bitch-fit'. The only one doing that seems to be you.

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*** They've already proven the franchise exists outside of Isaac and not once did the fans throw 'a whiny bitch-fit'. The only one doing that seems to be you.you.

*Shouldn't Isaac and Stross eyes be utterly wasted? I'm no medic but jamming huge-ass needles in yours eyes SEVERAL times over three years, and jamming them so far it probably goes right through the optical nerves, and add the fact that the eye bleed and thus is probably filled with blood, I mean, How is Isaac even able to see shit with his right eye just after the minigame sequence?
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*** I already said that I know the series isn't over. And there's no reason that the follow ups can't be carried by a new character. Except that the FanDumb will throw a whiny bitch-fit over it. Yeah, I just killed my own argument, but I wish that once a design team would say "Screw what the fans want, screw what would make the most money, this is actually good writing. This is ''art.''" Hell, Terminator: Salvation was all set to kill John Connor. It can be done. Okay, I'm done ranting. Could could someone help me off my soapbox now? It's a long way down.

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*** I already said that I know the series isn't over. And there's no reason that the follow ups can't be carried by a new character. Except that the FanDumb will throw a whiny bitch-fit over it. Yeah, I just killed my own argument, but I wish that once a design team would say "Screw what the fans want, screw what would make the most money, this is actually good writing. This is ''art.''" Hell, Terminator: Salvation was all set to kill John Connor. It can be done. Okay, I'm done ranting. Could could someone help me off my soapbox now? It's a long way down.down.
*** They've already proven the franchise exists outside of Isaac and not once did the fans throw 'a whiny bitch-fit'. The only one doing that seems to be you.
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** Because it's not over yet. The nightmare is over, but it will not end.

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** Because it's not over yet. The nightmare is over, but it will not end.end.
*** I already said that I know the series isn't over. And there's no reason that the follow ups can't be carried by a new character. Except that the FanDumb will throw a whiny bitch-fit over it. Yeah, I just killed my own argument, but I wish that once a design team would say "Screw what the fans want, screw what would make the most money, this is actually good writing. This is ''art.''" Hell, Terminator: Salvation was all set to kill John Connor. It can be done. Okay, I'm done ranting. Could could someone help me off my soapbox now? It's a long way down.
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** Because it's not over yet.

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** Because it's not over yet. The nightmare is over, but it will not end.
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** Because [[MoneyDearBoy you'll make less money in potential sequels should the iconic main character die.]]

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** Because [[MoneyDearBoy you'll make less money in potential sequels should the iconic main character die.]]]]
** Because it's not over yet.
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** You did meet him. It's Dr. Terrence Kyne narrating, he was one of the main characters in DeadSpace and Dead Space: Downfall
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* I doubt many people will ''ever'' agree with me on this point, but I'm sick of a video game that sets up a protagonist's death and then averts it at the last second. I was really pleased with Dead Space 2, although it disappointed in some areas, and I even thought that the ending ''was'' pretty fucking amazing, but for once I'd like to see the hero arc completed. A character is thrust into a circumstance, fights a terrible battle and wins, but in the process is emotionally and/or physically maimed. Their fight is over and they can finally sleep. It would be the perfect end to the story of their life if, after achieving the ultimate victory, they are laid to rest. It's what should have been done with Master Chief, particularly because his ''entire life'' was fighting the Covenant. Now the war is over and he's something of a relic. It would have been perfect for him to have finally given everything he could in the last battle. I feel the same about Isaac Clarke, and I know they're setting up for more sequels, but I would be really pleased if just ''once'' I could see this happen.

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* I doubt many people will ''ever'' agree with me on this point, but I'm sick of a video game that sets up a protagonist's death and then averts it at the last second. I was really pleased with Dead Space 2, although it disappointed in some areas, and I even thought that the ending ''was'' pretty fucking amazing, but for once I'd like to see the hero arc completed. A character is thrust into a circumstance, fights a terrible battle and wins, but in the process is emotionally and/or physically maimed. Their fight is over and they can finally sleep. It would be the perfect end to the story of their life if, after achieving the ultimate victory, they are laid to rest. It's what should have been done with Master Chief, particularly because his ''entire life'' was fighting the Covenant. Now the war is over and he's something of a relic. It would have been perfect for him to have finally given everything he could in the last battle. I feel the same about Isaac Clarke, and I know they're setting up for more sequels, but I would be really pleased if just ''once'' I could see this happen.happen.
** Because [[MoneyDearBoy you'll make less money in potential sequels should the iconic main character die.]]
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* Who's the person narrating the opening? On the " previously on dead space", the first game and backstory are described by someone. An actual person too, because he mentions himself as a former unitologist. It sounds like nobody you've encountered before, yet is aware of the covered up Ishimura incedent and the current whereabouts of Isaac. Seriously, I would have expected to meet this person.

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* Who's the person narrating the opening? On the " previously on dead space", the first game and backstory are described by someone. An actual person too, because he mentions himself as a former unitologist. It sounds like nobody you've encountered before, yet is aware of the covered up Ishimura incedent and the current whereabouts of Isaac. Seriously, I would have expected to meet this person.person.

* I doubt many people will ''ever'' agree with me on this point, but I'm sick of a video game that sets up a protagonist's death and then averts it at the last second. I was really pleased with Dead Space 2, although it disappointed in some areas, and I even thought that the ending ''was'' pretty fucking amazing, but for once I'd like to see the hero arc completed. A character is thrust into a circumstance, fights a terrible battle and wins, but in the process is emotionally and/or physically maimed. Their fight is over and they can finally sleep. It would be the perfect end to the story of their life if, after achieving the ultimate victory, they are laid to rest. It's what should have been done with Master Chief, particularly because his ''entire life'' was fighting the Covenant. Now the war is over and he's something of a relic. It would have been perfect for him to have finally given everything he could in the last battle. I feel the same about Isaac Clarke, and I know they're setting up for more sequels, but I would be really pleased if just ''once'' I could see this happen.
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** I wouldn't be surprised if the unitologists invented technologically superior candles for just those kinds of situations. Self-lighting wicks, built in oxidizers, internal fuel reserves, the works. Those Unitologists ''love'' themselves some candles.

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** I wouldn't be surprised if the unitologists invented technologically superior candles for just those kinds of situations. Self-lighting wicks, built in oxidizers, internal fuel reserves, the works. Those Unitologists ''love'' themselves some candles.candles.

* Who's the person narrating the opening? On the " previously on dead space", the first game and backstory are described by someone. An actual person too, because he mentions himself as a former unitologist. It sounds like nobody you've encountered before, yet is aware of the covered up Ishimura incedent and the current whereabouts of Isaac. Seriously, I would have expected to meet this person.
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* At the end of Chapter 5, in a particuarly CrowningMomentofAwesome, you detonate a fuel tank of agunship, destroying it and and the local boss in one stroke. The force of the explosion you generate throws you through a window into a residential district, filled with your usual Unitology graffiti and candles. However, because you enter a window, the place decompresses, yet the candles are still lit somehow. Why? Are these space age candles, fueled by magical fire that never goes out? It seems rather jarring, considering Visceral did their research for all other types of fire in this game.

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* At the end of Chapter 5, in a particuarly CrowningMomentofAwesome, you detonate a fuel tank of agunship, destroying it and and the local boss in one stroke. The force of the explosion you generate throws you through a window into a residential district, filled with your usual Unitology graffiti and candles. However, because you enter a window, the place decompresses, yet the candles are still lit somehow. Why? Are these space age candles, fueled by magical fire that never goes out? It seems rather jarring, considering Visceral did their research for all other types of fire in this game.game.
** I wouldn't be surprised if the unitologists invented technologically superior candles for just those kinds of situations. Self-lighting wicks, built in oxidizers, internal fuel reserves, the works. Those Unitologists ''love'' themselves some candles.
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** It's entirely possible [[spoiler:the Marker deliberately made the Necromorphs leave Stross alone.]] After all, Stross was just as susceptible to the [[spoiler:Marker's influence]] as Gollum was to the One Ring, so leaving Stross alive gives [[spoiler:the Marker access to another pawn, this one in particular being in a position to betray and possibly kill Isaac at the least convenient moment.]]

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** It's entirely possible [[spoiler:the Marker deliberately made the Necromorphs leave Stross alone.]] After all, Stross was just as susceptible to the [[spoiler:Marker's influence]] as Gollum was to the One Ring, so leaving Stross alive gives [[spoiler:the Marker access to another pawn, this one in particular being in a position to betray and possibly kill Isaac at the least convenient moment.]]]]

* At the end of Chapter 5, in a particuarly CrowningMomentofAwesome, you detonate a fuel tank of agunship, destroying it and and the local boss in one stroke. The force of the explosion you generate throws you through a window into a residential district, filled with your usual Unitology graffiti and candles. However, because you enter a window, the place decompresses, yet the candles are still lit somehow. Why? Are these space age candles, fueled by magical fire that never goes out? It seems rather jarring, considering Visceral did their research for all other types of fire in this game.
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** Stross' back story has him on the O'Bannon when an outbreak on that ship occurs. He is part of a group that manages to get through the ship alive and hiding in an engineering deck for a long period of time until help arrives. So he probably knows how to avoid the attention of the necromorphs. Many people on the Ishimura managed to survive the duration of the outbreak on the ship unarmed and only armed with knowledge of the ship.

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** Stross' back story has him on the O'Bannon when an outbreak on that ship occurs. He is part of a group that manages to get through the ship alive and hiding in an engineering deck for a long period of time until help arrives. So he probably knows how to avoid the attention of the necromorphs. Many people on the Ishimura managed to survive the duration of the outbreak on the ship unarmed and only armed with knowledge of the ship.ship.
** It's entirely possible [[spoiler:the Marker deliberately made the Necromorphs leave Stross alone.]] After all, Stross was just as susceptible to the [[spoiler:Marker's influence]] as Gollum was to the One Ring, so leaving Stross alive gives [[spoiler:the Marker access to another pawn, this one in particular being in a position to betray and possibly kill Isaac at the least convenient moment.]]
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*** I think that since Isaac had managed to fight his way past legions of necromorphs to get that far, [[spoiler:The Marker]] wasn't very confident that the Ubermorph or Teidemann would stop him and feared that Isaac would find some conventional way to destroy The Marker (such as overloading Titan Station's reactors) and so [[spoiler:it]] had [[spoiler:Marker-Nicole]] show him how to use the Eye Poke Machine as part of a last ditch effort by to make him susceptible to [[spoiler: a direct mental attack]]. The level of trust [[spoiler:Marker-Nicole]] gained with Isaac from the act was probably intended to increase the effectiveness of this attack. Risky, yeah, but [[spoiler:The Marker]] was getting desperate.
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*** Because it could potentially kill or cripple him, under the guise of furthering trust. Plus as pointed out it gives time for the Regenerator to catch up.
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** But [[spoiler:Marker-Nicole]] was the one who told Isaac to use the machine in the first place- [[spoiler:it]] even ''showed him how!'' How could it have been 'not part of the plan'?

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*** At heart Ellie is a really good person that has empathy for other people. Seeing Stross alone, unarmed and looking quite helpless through what she thinks may be panic with his mentioning of knowing Isaac probably activates that compassion in her. As well she knows that to get further she will need help even though the last one she was with were wiped out. She did not seem to start disliking Stross until he made himself not only useless in defense but also a liability with his constant muttering.



* How was Stross able to survive on his own up until Ellie started babysitting him? The guy was unarmed and crazy, he should have been easy picking for the necromorphs.

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* How was Stross able to survive on his own up until Ellie started babysitting him? The guy was unarmed and crazy, he should have been easy picking for the necromorphs.necromorphs.
** Stross' back story has him on the O'Bannon when an outbreak on that ship occurs. He is part of a group that manages to get through the ship alive and hiding in an engineering deck for a long period of time until help arrives. So he probably knows how to avoid the attention of the necromorphs. Many people on the Ishimura managed to survive the duration of the outbreak on the ship unarmed and only armed with knowledge of the ship.
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* Okay, so it turned out [[spoiler:The Marker]] was only using him to [[spoiler:complete Convergence by absorbing him at the site of the Marker,]] but if [[spoiler:its intention was to betray Isaac all along]], then why did [[spoiler:the Marker]] allow Isaac access to the Eye Poke Machine? Isn't the machine supposed to be the only way to [[spoiler:harness the knowledge needed to build or destroy a Marker?]] So why would [[spoiler:the Marker]] take that risk to begin with? Why not just [[spoiler:skip that step and absorb him normally?]]

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* Okay, so it turned out [[spoiler:The Marker]] was only using him to [[spoiler:complete Convergence by absorbing him at the site of the Marker,]] but if [[spoiler:its intention was to betray Isaac all along]], then why did [[spoiler:the Marker]] allow Isaac access to the Eye Poke Machine? Isn't the machine supposed to be the only way to [[spoiler:harness the knowledge needed to build or destroy a Marker?]] So why would [[spoiler:the Marker]] take that risk to begin with? Why not just [[spoiler:skip that step and absorb him normally?]]normally?]]
** It was trying to do so the entire game by sending Necromorphs after him. All that's required to "make us whole" [[spoiler:and start Covergence]] is for Isaac to die. Isaac accessing the Eye Poke Machine ''was not part of the plan''. The Ubermorph shows up to kill him immediately after he uses it, for Pete's sake. [[spoiler:The Marker]] clearly wanted him dead badly at that point.

* How was Stross able to survive on his own up until Ellie started babysitting him? The guy was unarmed and crazy, he should have been easy picking for the necromorphs.
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****Perhaps because unlike Stross, Isaac comes across as fairly sane and rational? Plus, he's the only other living person around and he's not hostile towards her.
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** It's highly likely you can search for RIGs in your general area - the military talk about tracking Isaac's, for instance. She probably just synced his rig number when they met.

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** It's highly likely you can search for RIGs in your general area - the military talk about tracking Isaac's, for instance. She probably just synced his rig number when they met.met.

* Okay, so it turned out [[spoiler:The Marker]] was only using him to [[spoiler:complete Convergence by absorbing him at the site of the Marker,]] but if [[spoiler:its intention was to betray Isaac all along]], then why did [[spoiler:the Marker]] allow Isaac access to the Eye Poke Machine? Isn't the machine supposed to be the only way to [[spoiler:harness the knowledge needed to build or destroy a Marker?]] So why would [[spoiler:the Marker]] take that risk to begin with? Why not just [[spoiler:skip that step and absorb him normally?]]
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** The Sprawl Yellow Pages! More than likely, there is a directory of active RIG signals that a person can look through. As well, the HUD communication system may automatically link two people trying to talk over distance and within LOS as with Stross on the opposite side of a foyer in the living complexes.

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** The Sprawl Yellow Pages! More than likely, there is a directory of active RIG signals that a person can look through. As well, the HUD communication system may automatically link two people trying to talk over distance and within LOS as with Stross on the opposite side of a foyer in the living complexes.complexes.
** It's highly likely you can search for RIGs in your general area - the military talk about tracking Isaac's, for instance. She probably just synced his rig number when they met.
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1st Encounter: "Stay back you well armed and armored, seemingly sane person who wants to help me! You'd only be a ''liability''!\\

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1st Encounter: "Stay back you well armed and armored, seemingly sane person who wants to help me! You'd only be a ''liability''!\\''liability''"!\\
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*** Yeah I did follow those logs, and yeah, they do explain quite well why Ellie is paranoid and unwilling to trust Isaac when they first meet, accusing him of being a liability. What they ''do not'' explain is why, literally 5 minutes later, she suddenly changes her mind and not only is totally willing to trust Isaac, but agrees to babysit his helpless and crazy friend who actually is a liability. Why did she change her mind so quickly and completely?

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*** Yeah I did follow those logs, and yeah, you're right that they do explain quite well why Ellie is paranoid and unwilling to trust Isaac when they first meet, accusing believing him of being to be a liability. What they ''do not'' explain is why, literally 5 minutes later, she suddenly changes her mind and not only is totally willing to trust Isaac, but agrees to babysit his helpless and crazy friend who actually is a liability. Why did she change her mind so quickly and completely?
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2nd Encounter: "Hey Guy That I Told Not to Follow Me, I found this weirdo who says he knows you. What? You want me to escort your helpless and clearly delusional friend to the Transport Hub so we can all meet up? Sure, no problem!"\\

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2nd Encounter: "Hey Guy That I Told Not to Follow Me, I found this weirdo who says he knows you. What? You want me to escort your helpless and clearly delusional friend to the Transport Hub so we can all meet up? Sure, no problem!"\\problem!"
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***Yeah I did follow those logs, and yeah, they do explain quite well why Ellie is paranoid and unwilling to trust Isaac when they first meet, accusing him of being a liability. What they ''do not'' explain is why, literally 5 minutes later, she suddenly changes her mind and not only is totally willing to trust Isaac, but agrees to babysit his helpless and crazy friend who actually is a liability. Why did she change her mind so quickly and completely?
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* How did Ellie and Stross get Isaac's phone (rig?) number / radio frequency? Isaac never got a chance to give either of them a way to contact him.

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\n** If you follow the many audio logs in the production section of the game, you find out that out of a group of about thirty or more people, only Ellie manages to survive. Watching friends and a potential love interest be slaughtered or sacrifice themselves to give the others a chance to escape and survive. When Isaac encounters her, she is now suddenly alone, having fought for survival in the nightmare and may have dealt with a few crazies in the process. Traumatized, paranoid, just finished fending off a wave of necromorphs does not make a person very trusting of random strangers.

* How did Ellie and Stross get Isaac's phone (rig?) number / radio frequency? Isaac never got a chance to give either of them a way to contact him.him.
** The Sprawl Yellow Pages! More than likely, there is a directory of active RIG signals that a person can look through. As well, the HUD communication system may automatically link two people trying to talk over distance and within LOS as with Stross on the opposite side of a foyer in the living complexes.
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* What's with Ellie's dramatic shift in behavior between the first and second time you speak to her? To paraphrase:\\

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* What's with Ellie's dramatic drastic shift in behavior between the first and second time you speak to her? To paraphrase:\\

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