How does Ella know the MC, we have several mentions of her knowing our parents, and having met us before she turned us superhuman, was she responsible for our mothers death?
We don't know how she knows MC, we know she's been watching him him for a long time after they were together in some group of which only Ella and MC are still alive. Ella knows MC used to wear bandages over his eyes, so perhaps they were both in the clinic MC was after the fight with Kenny or Ella was in the homeless camp when MC ran away from home...
Ella knowing MC's parents means monster parents, the 3rd/The Body and the 4th/the Memory. Ella is a spawn of the 3rd, MC can be a spawn of the 3rd or the 4th. They have the same parents in that sense....
We don't know if Ella was responsible for MC's mothers death, we don't know anything except MC does not remember, most likely got his eyes scarred in the same event and his father knows more but will not tell.
Ella been a superhuman since 14, she's 3 years older than MC, so it's not impossible but she can't wipe memories...
It's possibly monster related, but with MC's memory loss it seems more likely Zach and Hendrix Bendricks paid a visit.
We know from a dream MC been alone for 11 days, so if the mother returned as a monster, the father wasn't there either.
Only way MC's dad knows something is if he's been told... Or the dream isn't how it happened/ we mis a part?
But we know from MC after his fight with Kenny, MC's been dreaming about monsters for a long time...
The only thing that's plausibel is MC's memories been wiped/changed at some point... But it could even be due to trauma..
Your able to talk with Nyx who recommends doing the corrupted path to become stronger and unlock more powers. is there anyway to balance the pursuit of skill and power with corruption,?
There's not much difference in the game until now. You can make the Minyak submit with enough corruption and you have a slightly better understanding of monster language but mostly restricted to your own bloodline, father, mother, the eye. And since you can understand him anyway during evolutions, it's mostly a flavor effect.
For full corruption you go full power, for zero corruption you need to go for skill, but you could do a path in between still eating Eric, the researcher and the farmer, for a few extra power. But it seems the full corruption path requires you to eat Kenny, Bailey, Danica and Jake and i fear Michael, Alice, Tiffany and a few more in the future... The eye warns you, if you even mis one you will never reach the peak of your powers... And these powers might even be restricted to the final chapter...
But it should be possible to go for skill, low corruption with some extra power but not devouring everybody...
My guess is there will be 3 different "good" endings... (and a ton bad ends that mostly are worth it too, but kill you)