[ Eleven pauses, as if she never stopped to think about it. In many ways, she hasn't. She didn't even know to question her life until very recently - or at least, that's what she thinks. There is more context, buried deep down in repressed memories she has no idea how to reach for. So for now, a small shrug. ]
I was meant to spy. And I was supposed to learn... remote assassination. [ The official reason for everything Hawkins Lab did before she found the monster. That Papa had motives related to the Upside Down long before she became aware of its existence... well. That's beyond her understanding. At any rate... ] I don't... remember the others. The children. Just... doors. Empty rooms. Something... happened. In the Rainbow Room. I don't remember.
[ She fidgets. ]
Kali has. Different powers. She puts images in your head. They're... not real.
[Of course they were going to use the little psychic girl to assassinate people at range with her brain! Of course they were. Why would he ever be surprised about that. Christ.]
Puts in memories? Thoughts? Makes you see things? ['Rewire someone into a different person' is a different skillset than 'make you hallucinate', but what the hell does he know. He also has no idea how to say 'induce hallucinations or brainwash a new personality' in ASL, so this is simpler.]
Were you all special in the same way?
[Was it just hearsay, stories about kids with strange mental abilities, or was there a genetic marker being looked for, or exposure to some chemical or phenomenon-? Is that important? Maybe not in this moment. But it's more information about what El's up against back home and why.]
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I was meant to spy. And I was supposed to learn... remote assassination. [ The official reason for everything Hawkins Lab did before she found the monster. That Papa had motives related to the Upside Down long before she became aware of its existence... well. That's beyond her understanding. At any rate... ] I don't... remember the others. The children. Just... doors. Empty rooms. Something... happened. In the Rainbow Room. I don't remember.
[ She fidgets. ]
Kali has. Different powers. She puts images in your head. They're... not real.
no subject
Puts in memories? Thoughts? Makes you see things? ['Rewire someone into a different person' is a different skillset than 'make you hallucinate', but what the hell does he know. He also has no idea how to say 'induce hallucinations or brainwash a new personality' in ASL, so this is simpler.]
Were you all special in the same way?
[Was it just hearsay, stories about kids with strange mental abilities, or was there a genetic marker being looked for, or exposure to some chemical or phenomenon-? Is that important? Maybe not in this moment. But it's more information about what El's up against back home and why.]