It is. Aloy...she really looks up to Elisabet, you know? Varl was part of the same tribe as her guardian, so he told me about them when we were fighting. Mothers are very important to the Nora, and Elisabet is the closest she has to one. And then suddenly I show up, and I'm nothing like her or Elisabet at all...

[ At first, she'd been completely unwilling to hear a thing from him that might soften her image of Aloy. If there was one universal trait that came with being a part of Elisabet, it was stubbornness.

But he'd tried anyway. Shared his thoughts about how Aloy's outcast upbringing had shaped her, how this was difficult for her too, if Beta just gave her some understanding. And as much as she might have pretended, she'd listened the entire time. For a time, the parallels to her own situation had only fueled her fury when Aloy rushed through the base, more concerned with knowing if she had any updates than how Beta was faring. Varl's insistence that Aloy asked about her even if she didn't see her had only helped a little. ]

We both thought the other would be Elisabet, I guess. But we worked it out.

[ Mmmmostly. ]

And there's been good parts too. She lets me ask questions as much as I want, and if I ask her to teach me to do something, she will. And she might not known as much about technology as I do, but she learns really fast, so it's fun to show her how to do something in return. She's very smart in her own way, even if she's so stubborn she does things that seem... [ for the love of her sister, she's not going to finish that. ]

And I know with Aloy here, everything is going to be okay.