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** Subverted if you get the ending where [[spoiler:Galatea turns out to be a robot controlled by an artist behind the curtain]]; trying to get it ''again'' after obtaining that ending only results in in you tearing down [[spoiler:the curtain only to reveal a blank space, which gets you chided by Galatea or kicked out by security.]] It's double subverted [[spoiler
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** Subverted if you get the ending where [[spoiler:Galatea turns out to be a robot controlled by an artist behind the curtain]]; trying to get it ''again'' after obtaining that ending only results in in you tearing down [[spoiler:the curtain only to reveal a blank space, which gets you chided by Galatea or kicked out by security.]] It's double subverted [[spoiler[[spoiler:in a variant where ''you'' turn out to be the woman behind the curtain if you try again with some parameters fulfilled.]]
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* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: The special verb [[spoiler:EUDOXIA]] is only revealed in the "Brute Force" ending, where it is too late to be of use. The player must UNDO or RESTART to use it in another path.
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** The special verb [[spoiler:EUDOXIA]] is only revealed in the "Brute Force" ending, where it is too late to be of use. The player must UNDO or RESTART to use it in anotherpath.path.
** Subverted if you get the ending where [[spoiler:Galatea turns out to be a robot controlled by an artist behind the curtain]]; trying to get it ''again'' after obtaining that ending only results in in you tearing down [[spoiler:the curtain only to reveal a blank space, which gets you chided by Galatea or kicked out by security.]] It's double subverted [[spoiler
** The special verb [[spoiler:EUDOXIA]] is only revealed in the "Brute Force" ending, where it is too late to be of use. The player must UNDO or RESTART to use it in another
** Subverted if you get the ending where [[spoiler:Galatea turns out to be a robot controlled by an artist behind the curtain]]; trying to get it ''again'' after obtaining that ending only results in in you tearing down [[spoiler:the curtain only to reveal a blank space, which gets you chided by Galatea or kicked out by security.]] It's double subverted [[spoiler
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** There's a secret ending where it turns out Galatea's really just controlled by a woman sitting behind a curtain, and the conversation you have with her sounds suspiciously like a curious game player talking to the author. The woman also seems to [[AuthorAvatar resemble Emily Short]] herself.
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** There's a secret ending where it turns out Galatea's really [[spoiler:really just controlled by a woman sitting behind a curtain, and the conversation you have with her sounds suspiciously like a curious game player talking to the author. The woman woman]] also seems to [[AuthorAvatar resemble Emily Short]] herself.
** The ending you get if you immediately ask her thoughts on sex has her resulting monologue drive you off, with the PC's inner thoughts complaining they've heard ''way'' too many stories about tortured, angsty artists having bad relationships with women. It doubles as SelfDeprecation, since learning more about Galatea's creator paints him a tortured, angsty artist.
** Your art critic PC can bring up artists whose famous pieces primarily revolved around audience observation vs. interaction, not unlike the game itself.
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* PygmalionPlot: In fact, this is how the game got its name.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: You can get Galatea to slander the Greek Gods for her condition and situation. [[spoiler:If you manage to summon Aphrodite after doing this, she permanently turns Galatea to stone.]]
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: You can get Galatea to slander the Greek Gods for her condition and situation. [[spoiler:If you manage to summon Aphrodite after doing this, she permanently turns Galatea to stone.]]
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* PygmalionPlot: In fact, this is how the game got its name.
name, and it's heavily implied Galatea ''is'' the mythological character. One ending lets you enact one of your own as you elect yourself Galatea's teacher when she gets ''very'' curious about the outside world.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: You can get Galatea to slander the Greek Gods for her condition andsituation. [[spoiler:If situation, and if you manage to summon Aphrodite after doing this, she permanently turns Galatea to stone.don't word it carefully, her rage focuses on Aphrodite, as love is what drove Galatea's creator from her and left her lonely, [[spoiler:which attracts an enraged Aphrodite...]]
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: You can get Galatea to slander the Greek Gods for her condition and
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* SchrodingersGun: The "Avatar" ending reveals that [[spoiler:Galatea is controlled by a woman behind the curtain]]. This is not necessarily the case outside of this ending -- tearing down the curtain will reveal [[spoiler:an empty space, and get you kicked out by security]].
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* SchrodingersGun: SchrodingersGun:
** The "Avatar" ending reveals that [[spoiler:Galatea is controlled by a woman behind the curtain]]. This is not necessarily the case outside of this ending -- tearing down the curtain will reveal [[spoiler:an empty space, and get you kicked out bysecurity]].security or chided by Galatea]]. Another variant even shows [[spoiler:you're the woman controlling Galatea...]]
** How true her backstory is and how much you know of her is up in the air; the more philosophical endings regarding her moral code imply she is, in fact, a robot art piece while in others she's really an inanimate statue; in fact, getting one of the secret endings [[spoiler:where you use a command word to check for variants of endings]] implies she's a robot but you can only get the [[spoiler:command word]] from one where she's definitely a (hateful) statue; in others, she's [[GodWasMyCoPilot revealed to be some kind of deity.]] Others explicitly show the existence of the Greek Gods.
** How much she loved her creator and how broken up she is about it is. Either she truly doesn't miss him, feels sorrow for his loss but it's not enough to start something with you, or is ''deeply'' mournful about him.
** Your PC's backstory, outside of being an art critic. In some endings, you're actually a broken person who lost a sister to cancer; in others, you're a snobby art critic. In others, there's more worldbuilding about artists who also pushed the boundaries of a work vs. the audience and viewer vs. participant.
** The endings involving the Greek Gods depend on what you had Galatea say; for example, Aphrodite can show up either to comfort Galatea about her lost love and encourage to start anew with you, or kill her for her insolence.
** In some endings, you note Galatea's UncannyValley proportions and how it disturbs you away from getting too close; in others where you're attracted, it's implied these flaws don't exist.
** The "Avatar" ending reveals that [[spoiler:Galatea is controlled by a woman behind the curtain]]. This is not necessarily the case outside of this ending -- tearing down the curtain will reveal [[spoiler:an empty space, and get you kicked out by
** How true her backstory is and how much you know of her is up in the air; the more philosophical endings regarding her moral code imply she is, in fact, a robot art piece while in others she's really an inanimate statue; in fact, getting one of the secret endings [[spoiler:where you use a command word to check for variants of endings]] implies she's a robot but you can only get the [[spoiler:command word]] from one where she's definitely a (hateful) statue; in others, she's [[GodWasMyCoPilot revealed to be some kind of deity.]] Others explicitly show the existence of the Greek Gods.
** How much she loved her creator and how broken up she is about it is. Either she truly doesn't miss him, feels sorrow for his loss but it's not enough to start something with you, or is ''deeply'' mournful about him.
** Your PC's backstory, outside of being an art critic. In some endings, you're actually a broken person who lost a sister to cancer; in others, you're a snobby art critic. In others, there's more worldbuilding about artists who also pushed the boundaries of a work vs. the audience and viewer vs. participant.
** The endings involving the Greek Gods depend on what you had Galatea say; for example, Aphrodite can show up either to comfort Galatea about her lost love and encourage to start anew with you, or kill her for her insolence.
** In some endings, you note Galatea's UncannyValley proportions and how it disturbs you away from getting too close; in others where you're attracted, it's implied these flaws don't exist.
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* SenseFreak: [[spoiler:In the "Stilton" ending, where Galatea tries food for the first time.]]
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* SenseFreak: [[spoiler:In SenseFreak:
** Galatea hasn't had much experience with ''sense'', and one way to befriending her (or more) is by describing or indulging her senses. An ending variant has you more-or-less seduce her with some well-placed touches. Another ending has you convince her to try some cheese, and she ''bursts into tears'' at the"Stilton" taste. This applies to you as well, since your touches get ''very'' exploratory in the former, and in another ending, where Galatea tries food for the first time.]]your marveling about her materials and senses later has her reveal her true form.
** Galatea hasn't had much experience with ''sense'', and one way to befriending her (or more) is by describing or indulging her senses. An ending variant has you more-or-less seduce her with some well-placed touches. Another ending has you convince her to try some cheese, and she ''bursts into tears'' at the
* SexyDiscretionShot: Invoked in the ending where you manage to tease Galatea into undressing for you: she asks if you can find a place with some scissors so she can oblige your request, which raises a quip from the narration before it smash cuts to black.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: There's a hidden mechanic aptly named Tension that tracks your PC's lust/romance levels with Galatea. At higher levels, it'll turn Galatea (and your PC)'s lines much more flirtatious, and opens up romantic endings.
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** Bluntly ask Galatea about sex. She deliberately chooses an unsexy pose and starts speaking frankly about her artist's hangups, which drives your character away because they've seen ''way too many boring artistic works'' about yet another artist's sexual angst.
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** Bluntly ask Galatea about sex. She If you do this immediately, she deliberately chooses an unsexy pose and starts speaking frankly about her artist's hangups, which drives your character away because they've seen ''way too many boring artistic works'' about yet another artist's sexual angst.angst. If you do this later in the game and after establishing a rapport with Galatea, it locks you out of the ''actually'' sexy ending.
** Asking Galatea to undress. Depending on your relationship with her, this may get anything from bemusement to snarky amusement at your expense with a quip about if you actually ''think'' that works. [[spoiler:If you've successfully established enough tension, though, she'll lampshade it does.]]
** Asking Galatea to undress. Depending on your relationship with her, this may get anything from bemusement to snarky amusement at your expense with a quip about if you actually ''think'' that works. [[spoiler:If you've successfully established enough tension, though, she'll lampshade it does.]]
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* HatesBeingTouched: Galatea doesn't appreciate being touched, but ''especially'' hates being grabbed. An easy way to get a bad ending is by yanking her about to study her closely, despite her warning, which gets you a broken wrist and nightmares.
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* PressXToDie: Inappropriately touch Galatea and you get grabbed and a stern warning to not do it again. Do it anyway and you get a broken wrist. Another ending has you interrogate her about her limits of morality and her creator's suicide, and when you decide to push your luck, she promptly wrings your neck.
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* PressXToDie: Inappropriately touch Galatea and you get grabbed and a stern warning to not do it again. Do it anyway and you get a broken wrist. Another ending has you crudely interrogate her about her limits of morality and her creator's suicide, and when you decide to push your luck, she promptly wrings your neck.
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* SelfDeprecation: In the ending you get if you straight-up ask Galatea about sex, her long, rambling answer makes you leave due to sheer boredom and annoyance, with your character's inner monologue complaining about how there's a million "artistic" stories about artists having trouble with, angsting, or obsessing over sex. Asking Galatea about the artist on any other route reveals that he's just one of those millions of stories.
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* SelfDeprecation: In the ending you get if you straight-up ask Galatea about sex, her long, rambling answer makes you leave due to sheer boredom and annoyance, with your character's inner monologue complaining about how there's a million "artistic" stories about artists having trouble with, angsting, angsting about, or obsessing over sex. Asking Galatea about the artist on any other route reveals that he's just his ordeal is ''exactly'' one of those millions of of
"artistic" angst stories.
"artistic" angst stories.
* SlasherSmile: In the ending where your manhandling of Galatea results in her snapping your wrist. you desperately try to [[spoiler:get her to reset by saying EUDOXIA]]. All she does is grin mockingly and bloodthirstily, and your character suffers nightmares from the sight alone.
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** Touch Galatea inappropriately, despite her warnings, and you get a broken wrist.
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-->''With a laugh like that of a child being let outside, she turns – to wood, the color and style of a product of Old Kingdom Egypt. To glass, faceted, her hair scattering the downshot light to a thousand tiny points. To a {{sculpture|s}} of sand, to a pillar of salt, to flowing water, to flame.\\
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-->(Someone should write a psychologist program for animates. It would make millions.)
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-->''No one is so sleek, so unforgiving. The proportions are subtly wrong, too -- the size of the head, the shape and width of the mouth..."
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: You can get Galatea to slander the Greek Gods for her condition and situation. [[spoiler:If you manage to summon Aphrodite after doing this, she permanently turns Galatea to stone.]]
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** There's another secret ending where it turns out you're the woman controlling Galatea, chatting with some assistants. The dialogue you have with them sounds a lot like indie game development with some co-writers (and the process of writing ''Galatea'' itself), down to worries about the work not selling and trying to predict an audience's reactions to Galatea.
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** If you try to get this ending prematurely by checking the curtain, [[WhatTheHellPlayer Galatea chides you]] as you wonder why, exactly, you did that. It was like some impulse or command from God made you check the curtains.
** There's another secret ending where it turns out you're the woman controlling Galatea, chatting with some assistants. The dialogue you have with them sounds a lot like indie game development with some co-writers(and as well as the process of writing ''Galatea'' itself), itself, down to worries about the work not selling and trying to predict an audience's reactions to Galatea.Galatea.
** The ending where you try to convince Galatea ''is'' a machine by trying to get her to [[ThreeLawsCompliant break the First Rule of Robotics by killing you]] has her point out that your own aversion to murder [[NotSoDifferentRemark really isn't that much different from a robot's code]], and ponders if likening morals to code means maybe you and her are both machines, or perhaps "maybe this whole thing is itself a simulation inside a box somewhere."
** There's another secret ending where it turns out you're the woman controlling Galatea, chatting with some assistants. The dialogue you have with them sounds a lot like indie game development with some co-writers
** The ending where you try to convince Galatea ''is'' a machine by trying to get her to [[ThreeLawsCompliant break the First Rule of Robotics by killing you]] has her point out that your own aversion to murder [[NotSoDifferentRemark really isn't that much different from a robot's code]], and ponders if likening morals to code means maybe you and her are both machines, or perhaps "maybe this whole thing is itself a simulation inside a box somewhere."
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* ShoutOut: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA "Eliza"]] ending, where you use her as a psychotherapist.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA "Eliza"]] ending, where you use her as a psychotherapist.
** The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA "Eliza"]] ending, where you use her as a psychotherapist.
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** In the ending where you get Galatea to talk and get curious, you wind up [[Theatre/{{Pygmalion}} electing yourself]] as her [[Theatre/MyFairLady teacher]].
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* SelfDepreciation: In the ending you get if you straight-up ask Galatea about sex, her long, rambling answer makes you leave due to sheer boredom and annoyance, with your character's inner monologue complaining about how there's a million "artistic" stories about artists having trouble with, angsting, or obsessing over sex. Asking Galatea about the artist on any other route reveals that he's just one of those millions of stories.
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* SelfDepreciation: SelfDeprecation: In the ending you get if you straight-up ask Galatea about sex, her long, rambling answer makes you leave due to sheer boredom and annoyance, with your character's inner monologue complaining about how there's a million "artistic" stories about artists having trouble with, angsting, or obsessing over sex. Asking Galatea about the artist on any other route reveals that he's just one of those millions of stories.
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** There are two endings that hinge on you knowing a word that overrides Galatea, and it plays out much like accessing a debug room.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
** There's a secret ending where it turns out Galatea's really just controlled by a woman sitting behind a curtain, and the conversation you have with her sounds suspiciously like a curious game player talking to the author. The woman also seems to [[AuthorAvatar resemble Emily Short]] herself.
** There's another secret ending where it turns out you're the woman controlling Galatea, chatting with some assistants. The dialogue you have with them sounds a lot like indie game development with some co-writers (and the process of writing ''Galatea'' itself), down to worries about the work not selling and trying to predict an audience's reactions to Galatea.
** There's a secret ending where it turns out Galatea's really just controlled by a woman sitting behind a curtain, and the conversation you have with her sounds suspiciously like a curious game player talking to the author. The woman also seems to [[AuthorAvatar resemble Emily Short]] herself.
** There's another secret ending where it turns out you're the woman controlling Galatea, chatting with some assistants. The dialogue you have with them sounds a lot like indie game development with some co-writers (and the process of writing ''Galatea'' itself), down to worries about the work not selling and trying to predict an audience's reactions to Galatea.
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* CausticCritic:
** You can choose to be as nasty as possible about Galatea, what she represents, and her artist. Depending on how nasty you are, she can either run out of the room just to get away from you, have a mental breakdown, or throttle your neck.
** If you convince Galatea to swap places, the reviews of your performance aren't favourable because [[TrueArtisIncomprehensible it isn't boundary-pushing enough]], which make you roll your eyes.
** You can choose to be as nasty as possible about Galatea, what she represents, and her artist. Depending on how nasty you are, she can either run out of the room just to get away from you, have a mental breakdown, or throttle your neck.
** If you convince Galatea to swap places, the reviews of your performance aren't favourable because [[TrueArtisIncomprehensible it isn't boundary-pushing enough]], which make you roll your eyes.
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* EldritchAbomination: In the "Reflections" ending, Galatea is one.
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** In the "Reflections" ending, Galateais one.turns out to be one, easily able to change her form.
** In the "Reflections" ending, Galatea
** If you manage to summon Aphrodite, in one ending, her visage -- too tall, too ''bright'' -- reduces you to a catatonic wreck huddled against the gallery wall.
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* PressXToDie: Inappropriately touch Galatea and you get grabbed and a stern warning to not do it again. Do it anyway and you get a broken wrist. Another ending has you interrogate her about morality and her creator's suicide, and when you decide to push your luck, she promptly wrings your neck.
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* PressXToDie: Inappropriately touch Galatea and you get grabbed and a stern warning to not do it again. Do it anyway and you get a broken wrist. Another ending has you interrogate her about her limits of morality and her creator's suicide, and when you decide to push your luck, she promptly wrings your neck.
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* UncannyValley:
** Certain endings make it clear that you pick up on all the fine imperfections that would give Galatea away as inhuman, even if she were flesh-and-blood -- her arms are too long, her head is too strangely proportioned. This is supposedly the reason why Galatea's creator never tried to sleep with her.
-->''No one is so sleek, so unforgiving. The proportions are subtly wrong, too -- the size of the head, the shape and width of the mouth...
** If you get Galatea to summon Aphrodite, it's noted that from afar, she looks like the gallery owner, but up close, there's something extremely ''off'' about her -- she's too tall and the light seems to follow her about. In one variant of the ending, you're reduced to a sobbing mess at the sight.
* WhatTheHellPlayer:
** Touch Galatea inappropriately, despite her warnings, and you get a broken wrist.
** Ask enough inappropriate questions and she abruptly gets off the pedestal to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere get away from your creepy ass.]]
** Goad Galatea into slandering the Gods, and they might just smite her. Aphrodite even [[YouBastard gives you a nasty look]] if you force her hand.
** Bluntly ask Galatea about sex. She deliberately chooses an unsexy pose and starts speaking frankly about her artist's hangups, which drives your character away because they've seen ''way too many boring artistic works'' about yet another artist's sexual angst.
** If you try to mess with the curtain, either in an attempt to get the [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall near-4th-wall-breaking ending]], or after getting it, you get kicked out by security for irrationally tearing off a curtain in a fancy art gallery.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: If you summon Dionysus and your answers were wild enough that he offers to take you on a Godlike journey along with Galatea, accepting has you ponder your sanity before it's implied it disappears into Dionysus's eternal bacchanal as [[InterfaceScrew the text suddenly turns poetic and abstract.]]
** Certain endings make it clear that you pick up on all the fine imperfections that would give Galatea away as inhuman, even if she were flesh-and-blood -- her arms are too long, her head is too strangely proportioned. This is supposedly the reason why Galatea's creator never tried to sleep with her.
-->''No one is so sleek, so unforgiving. The proportions are subtly wrong, too -- the size of the head, the shape and width of the mouth...
** If you get Galatea to summon Aphrodite, it's noted that from afar, she looks like the gallery owner, but up close, there's something extremely ''off'' about her -- she's too tall and the light seems to follow her about. In one variant of the ending, you're reduced to a sobbing mess at the sight.
* WhatTheHellPlayer:
** Touch Galatea inappropriately, despite her warnings, and you get a broken wrist.
** Ask enough inappropriate questions and she abruptly gets off the pedestal to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere get away from your creepy ass.]]
** Goad Galatea into slandering the Gods, and they might just smite her. Aphrodite even [[YouBastard gives you a nasty look]] if you force her hand.
** Bluntly ask Galatea about sex. She deliberately chooses an unsexy pose and starts speaking frankly about her artist's hangups, which drives your character away because they've seen ''way too many boring artistic works'' about yet another artist's sexual angst.
** If you try to mess with the curtain, either in an attempt to get the [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall near-4th-wall-breaking ending]], or after getting it, you get kicked out by security for irrationally tearing off a curtain in a fancy art gallery.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: If you summon Dionysus and your answers were wild enough that he offers to take you on a Godlike journey along with Galatea, accepting has you ponder your sanity before it's implied it disappears into Dionysus's eternal bacchanal as [[InterfaceScrew the text suddenly turns poetic and abstract.]]
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* TheManBehindTheCurtain: One ending [[spoiler:reveals Galatea to be controlled by a woman behind the curtain.]] Another ending [[spoiler:has YOU be the woman behind the curtain instead.]]
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* PressXToGameOver: PressXToDie: Inappropriately touch Galatea and you get grabbed and a stern warning to not do it again. Do it anyway and you get a broken wrist. Another ending has you interrogate her about morality and her creator's suicide, and when you decide to push your look, luck, she promptly wrings your neck.
