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... because many hours before I had used a key given to me by someone else, in a different part of the world.

That's right, by opening the door to the Fief of the Chill Curse, I prematurely ended the quest line of Drustan, who I wouldn't meet for another 15 or so hours. I didn't even do anything in the Fief, I quickly realised that I was far too weak for the area and turned around. Doesn't matter, opening the door means Drustan will not appear outside of the Alehouse in Lower Calrath, for some fucking reason.

Which begs the question why the fuck Andreas gave me the key so early to begin with. It feels so incredibly bad to be punished for exploring.

So in the early parts of MC, we learn about Ninon and the orphanage at Mamiana. And we learn that Alita remembers this part of her early childhood, as she visits Mamiana and honours the memory of the dead orphans.

However, I can't recall her mentioning that she finally remembered her time on Mars. I thought in Last Order, it was established that she remembers Erika and Gerda. I understood this as her remembering bits and pieces. Was it supposed to signify that she got her entire memory back?

Just finished reading GUNNM, and enjoyed it for the most part. However, sometimes Alita's actions and choices left me puzzled. Giving me the feeling that either I never truly understood her personality and motivations, or that her portrayal is a bit inconsistent in that regard.

Anyone know of a character analysis focusing on just GUNNM (haven't come far yet in Last Order) that highlights her development and the crucial steps in her journey?

Would Elster have fallen in love with Ariane no matter what? Were her feelings for Ariane genuine and her own? Or was she perhaps influenced by her neural pattern's memories for a woman who looked very similar to Ariane?

It's curious that lots of new LSTRs not only know who Alina is, but actively go looking for her. As if they were all based on an Elster with memories of her original Gestalt unlocked. Was it Ariane's Elster? And if so, wouldn't that mean that Ariane's Elster also remembered Alina? Was that what made her fall in love with Ariane in the first place?

I feel the game at least implies that the bond between Elster's neural pattern (Anna Huang/Lilith Itou/...) and Alina was wha

Beat the game for the first time yesterday. Got the ending where Elster kills Ariane and dies/deactivates.

Today, I wanted to revisit the ending before starting a new game, so I reloaded my last save game (room right before the final boss, Falke). Except after beating Falke in pretty much the same fashion as I had yesterday, I got a different ending instead. Suddenly Ariane doesn't remember Elster, and Elster rests by her side instead, crestfallen.

From what I researched, the conditions for these two endings are fairly distinct, so I don't understand how one boss fight could effectively undo many hours of play.