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I can buy the premise of all this speculation, I just don't think the game sells it entirely in all outcomes.The satisfying thrill of conquering a confident, intelligent and self-respecting, gorgeous young woman who would otherwise never put herself in that position. The power involved in turning a Madonna into his own personal whore.
[...] But the challenge and power involved is a huge part of it, and maybe some sort of vengeance on a deeply buried insecurity or even misplaced jealousy that a girl like Lena embodies to him.
Lena can meet Seymour that one time in the museum and then elect never to contact him again, randomly running into him on the job and then he will still turn up at her music gig for some reason.
Sure, Seymour could assume that Lena is confident, intelligent and self-respecting but I don't think she's expressed all this thoroughly enough for him to have made such a conclusion, unless you do decide to meet him and eventually work with him. On the routes where you ignore him as Lena I don't get why he'd remain interested in her specifically. She's just a pretty nude model he met once, he has to have encountered women similar to Lena a ton of times.
Of course one could argue that the Lena that denies his requests, or just ignores it completely, intrigues him too but then I think the story better express so soon and do it convincingly.