"We're redoing all of the holiday displays. People take Christmas very seriously and the holiday they call Thanksgiving hasn't even happened yet. It's... baffling." But then all holidays are to me, I've never celebrated them before coming here. I almost ask you if you did, but of course you did once. Everyone in Rapture did. But not me. Mother said they were ultimately selfish and didn't serve the good of the people.

I drop my coat and backpack near my bedroom door and come into the living room, sitting next to you and little Eve. I even reach out and give her a scratch behind the ears, something I know she likes a great deal. "Was your day good?"