[That is her own way of saying that Isabel could call her that too, if she wants. Growing up she'd only ever been called Eleven by papa and it was tattooed on his skin, hidden beneath the sleeve of her jumpsuit. It was Mike - her first friend - who gave her the nickname.
El returns the smile a little, one corner of her lips turning up slightly.]
Same.
[As quick as it came, the smile disappears. She listens intently to the story Isabel has to share about her brother. There aren't many like her in their world so to hear about others is a new experience, to hear they were treated the same way is horrible though.]
I was always with papa. Listening to people far away and letting papa listen too.
[El was a spy, spying on the Russians even if she couldn't understand what they said.]
I found the monster by listening. They live in the Upside Down. I opened the Gate that let it in and ran away from papa and the bad men.
no subject
[That is her own way of saying that Isabel could call her that too, if she wants. Growing up she'd only ever been called Eleven by papa and it was tattooed on his skin, hidden beneath the sleeve of her jumpsuit. It was Mike - her first friend - who gave her the nickname.
El returns the smile a little, one corner of her lips turning up slightly.]
Same.
[As quick as it came, the smile disappears. She listens intently to the story Isabel has to share about her brother. There aren't many like her in their world so to hear about others is a new experience, to hear they were treated the same way is horrible though.]
I was always with papa. Listening to people far away and letting papa listen too.
[El was a spy, spying on the Russians even if she couldn't understand what they said.]
I found the monster by listening. They live in the Upside Down. I opened the Gate that let it in and ran away from papa and the bad men.