You granted Eleanor the will to choose
"You granted Eleanor the will to choose. And now, like a plague, she spreads it to those innocents. To be self aware is a curse, Delta... You are damning them."
"The rapture dream is over, but in wakening I am reborn. The world is not ready for me, but here I am. It would be so easy to misjudge them. You are my conscious Father, and I need you to guide me."
"C'mon you goddamned monster! Do what you always do!"
Your Eleanor tells you , that you have taught her about justice . But you wonder, were you teaching her justice, or were you simply following everyone's expectations of you? Grace had expected you to kill her, and you had made her right about your nature.
" I forgave Grace for that. And you murdered her... Ratifying her bigotry."
"In Rapture A bleeding heart tends to bring in the sharks."
Was that Justice?
"Now-now-now c'mon pal, the trains ready, just... Just let me live!"
Sophia had opened the security booth to Stanly for you. You had killed him while he lay, cowering on the floor.
"He is responsible for what you have become. "
"One night it flooded, killing all her guests."
Was it vengeance?
"I ask that you grant me peace."
"I will go outside...I will live outside."
Gil Alxeander had asked to die, in his audio diaries. Alex the Great had asked to live. And still you killed him.
"Your entire journey here is based on your refusal to do the same"
Was it simply Practical?
"As I recall, he was involved in the big Daddy project from the beginning."
What kind of lessons had your Eleanor learned by watching you?
"You may have your revenge."
Your Eleanor has killed her mother, as she swam for air. As she struggled to survive. Like her father before her. You don't feel guilt for Sophia's death, but you wonder... If her mother was right about you.
You fought for her. And now she fights for you. What message have you left, in the trail of bodies that mark your path through Rapture? What worth is a splicer? What worth was a human? What does it say about the two of you that little sisters were worth more than anyone?
Is this protective?
You can't reflect upon it further. You are at the surface now, with your Eleanor looking down upon you.
Your Eleanor crosses your arms, before extracting your ADAM. It is not a courtesy you have seen extended to many dead bodies. The transition is soft.
You and your Eleanor look at the sun, the sisters, and the lighthouse that marks Rapture. You won't be going down that way again.
"You will always be with me father, your memories, your drives."
Your Eleanor feels hopeful. Happy.
And maybe you have not taught her justice, maybe you have made her a bit of a monster, twisted her in your image, but it might be worth it for this. For your Eleanor to have a chance at freedom.
"And when I need you, you will be on my shoulder, whispering."
No… Together you will leave Rapture forever.
"If utopia is not a place, but a people, then we must choose carefully; for the world is about to change- and in our story, Rapture was just the beginning."