#leoframe

The level of frightened distress these animations have portrayed: Little Natah curled into Wally, jumping when Wally raises its voice, her trembling eyes, the panic at being removed from someone who, at that point, was the most familiar presence in the room.

She's not just a Sentient infant, she is an infant who is already severely traumatized.

It's no surprise that Lotus was so willing to take Wally's deal, to sacrifice her memories, to kill herself for the Tenno. She was already suffering the moment she was pulled from the manifold.

The incredible part? Their mutual reluctance to leave each other.

We isolated this part of the TennoConcert because tHAT'S NEW LOTUS LINES!!!!!! IMPORTANT LOTUS LINES!!!!!

Lotus explicitly comforting for her Tenno after a bad dream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The subtle but Clear changes in her tone that indicate that, not only is she younger and less experienced with the Tenno than she is post-New War, but also how she's Clearly Scared about something!!!! (Great voicework by Rebb!!!!!)

"You'll always wake to tell me of your dreams, right?"

This is a line that's RIPE with foreshadowing and ANGSTTTTT. That "right?" at the end... Her insistence on the very topic...

The Lotus needs the Tenno to dream. Not just to make them feel safer and grounded, but because of...

The Lotus was made from her children's dreams; this TennoCon could actually be giving us the details of how Natah became the Lotus... What happened to Natah after she was captured? What happened to the Tenno after Margulis' execution? How did they plan the Night of the Naga Drums?