I only know about her from the recordings and data left, but she was...much different from the people around her. She cared about the world, and using her knowledge for something good. She was incredibly intelligent. Ted Fario was credited with pulling the world back from the brink of climate extinction, but he couldn't have done it without the work Elisabet had done for him prior.

[ It's not like she wouldn't want to meet her too, but... Soemtimes she worried Aloy was expecting a different reaction from Elisabeth if it (somehow, illogically) ever happened than she was.

It's a depressing topic, but Gaia isn't, so she's more than happy to hop right onto that. ]

And when she made Gaia, Elisabet knew that if the world was going to be restored and humanity brought back, it had to be entrusted to something that really cared for it when no humans were left to guide it. The Earth needed a mother to be born again. Gaia grew under Elisabet's care, sharing her pain and struggles during her isolation to get the system running properly. She learned to feel, and love, and want to protect humanity too.