Okay so while we are waiting for the Long Update (which I'm all for), I want us all to put our thinking caps on for a bit.
I feel like this is a detail overlooked by most people. This is the line in particular:
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Keywords; "the
first moment I saw you." "From your
parents," "to your
scars..."
So we know that Ella was MIA for a year and in that time frame all but confirmed got her powers and lost her parents. Most likely homeless for a time, explaining why she has a soft spot for the orphans (being one herself at a time). We also know while different in age, the MC ALSO went MIA or in this case RAN AWAY from home but this was
DUE to his
mother's death, albeit a little time after it, for a couple of months/a month (can't remember).
It's possible they met during that time as per the familiarity found in her Memories via the sheets:
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I'm assuming on that last line the
us is referring to the homeless men? That the MC mentions took care of him (too lazy to find the line).
Now that begs the question...how did we forget her, and more importantly...how does she know our parents?!
Our Dad? Sure, MAYBE she knows who he is via just stalking us, though I doubt it with how much even WE never see our Dad. But more importantly, how does she know our Mom so well that she sees it as a similarity to herself???
As far as we know even to ourselves our recollection of her is hazy if not suppressed by some deep internal or external force so...how is she so sure of her when even we aren't ourselves?
If we truly DID meet up with her during the gaps in our disappearances and that was AFTER our Mother's death, there is literally NO way of her knowing who she is to the point of familiarity. Unless...she knew us further back than we originally thought?
Keep in mind Ella
DOES NOT have the Memory Trait. She wouldn't be able to dig in our heads let alone make us forget about her sooo, what gives? Before anyone says she just had the 3rd do it keep in mind:
A. She doesn't command them.
and
B. We didn't have our powers at the time anyways, therefore we didn't have their interests either.
MAYBE she shapeshifted into a homeless man at the camp we stayed at so we didn't recognize her as her; but that still doesn't explain the Mother thing.
Anyway thoughts? Am I looking TOO into it? Or like all things with Ella; is it something much deeper...
Edit: A little sidenote I also find odd is...why did Ella experiment with shapeshifting in front of her Professor in Highschool? She already had her power for 2-3 years by this point so...what was that all about? Or am I forgetting/missing something...