In the game, Gery could clearly feel the change in the relationship between Joel and Ellie.
At first, after Tess died, the two didn't even speak a word to each other the whole way.
And seeing Ellie, a little girl, marvel at the sight of reindeer in the woods, and her appearance when looking at the arcade and record store, made her come alive, making the player realize that Ellie was still a 13-year-old girl.
However, unlike a normal little girl, Ellie was clearly special because the order had already collapsed when she was born.
So, you could see Ellie speaking fluent profanity, often using "f***" whenever she pleased.
At the same time, despite being a 13-year-old girl, she also had a decisive side.
In Pittsburgh, Joel was ambushed by hunters and almost killed.
Fortunately, Ellie helped in time, directly picking up a nearby gun and blowing off the hunter's head with one shot.
Facing Ellie firing the gun, Joel's first reaction was anger, angry that the other party broke his promise.
But at this moment, Ellie didn't choose to indulge Joel.
"You know what? You shouldn't say that!"
"You should say: Hey, Ellie, I know this wasn't easy, but at that moment it was either him or me. Thank you for saving me!"
"Joel, do you have anything similar you want to say to me?"
Facing Ellie's expectation of something, Joel just fell silent for a moment and turned to leave.
Because of this, Ellie threw a small tantrum on the way.
But in the end, Joel still chose to trust Ellie, even handing a rifle to Ellie, asking her to cover him, and thanked him for the previous encounter in his own words: "Let's figure out, back then... it really was either him or me."
When Ellie heard Joel's words, she was obviously stunned for a moment.
These performances were all things that Gery and others who experienced it could feel, the relationship between Joel and Ellie seemed to be slowly changing.
But this kind of change, Gery was very worried about.
Make you feel warmth, and then stab you in the heart with a knife.
This was his evaluation of Lucas.
Back then, in Red Dead Redemption, how united was the Van der Linde gang in the early stages? But in the end, it fell apart and Arthur Morgan died.
And in Assassin's Creed, Ezio's father, brothers, and younger brother, as well as his first love.
In a series of games, this design was followed.
The most crucial point is that The Last of Us has already shown this trend.
The heartwarming father-daughter moment between Sarah at the beginning was followed by death, and Tess's friendship with Joel ended with death.
In the small town, Bill and Joel had just finished a favor when they saw Bill's friend dead.
Especially in Pittsburgh, this desperate and simple storyline was repeated.
......
In Pittsburgh, Joel and Ellie hid in a house, but unexpectedly, there was another pair of black brothers in the house.
Henry and Sam, two very common names.
They were the only survivors of a small team, but they were separated from the main group and only had the two of them left.
Even in the apocalypse, both of them had children.
This led Joel and Henry to decide to act together.
On the way, they came to a toy store. Henry's younger brother Sam wanted to take a Gundam toy but was stopped.
Then the four decided to use the radio to find clues about Fire Flores.
However, they were attacked by hunters halfway through. When climbing the ladder at the end, the ladder broke, leaving only Joel.
So Henry and Sam turned and ran without hesitation.
But Ellie jumped down without any hesitation, choosing to face the danger with Joel.
The escape was perilous, and finally Joel and Ellie fell off the bridge. When Joel woke up, he was on the beach, and Henry, who had chosen to leave with Sam earlier, was beside him.
Joel was filled with anger, but then he fell silent because of Henry's words.
Because he also understood that Henry didn't want his younger brother to take risks. If it were Joel on top, he would have made the same choice without hesitation.
And after this life-and-death crisis, the team seemed to get along even better.
There was more laughter on the way, and Ellie and Sam, two children with similar personalities, hit it off.
Reading comics, playing games, bickering with each other, and even playing a small dart game.
Henry, who was strict, did not stop them like he did in the toy store before. Instead, he smiled and talked with Joel with some emotion.
But just as Gery thought, the more warmth there is before, the more brutal it is afterward.
While Joel and Henry were talking, in another room, Ellie deliberately brought Sam the toy he had wanted to take before.
But after Ellie left, Sam threw the toy on the ground.
There was a scratch on his leg, and it was already worsening.
Then the following plot unfolded naturally.
In the morning, Sam was infected, and Henry, who personally killed his younger brother, also shot himself in despair.
There was no earth-shattering scene, not even many lines of dialogue.
Two gunshots brought despair and oppression.
.........
Time flies, and it's already autumn.
Ellie and Joel arrived in Jackson County, where Joel met his brother Tommy.
Although they had had disagreements before, they were brothers after all.
They cursed each other, but when they hugged, neither was willing to let go first.
Then, through conversation, they learned that Tommy was now married, and he and his wife had built a settlement.
But they were not hunters who lived by preying on each other. These people gathered together and lived self-sufficiently by growing crops and raising livestock.
Everyone had clear responsibilities, and they also had enough armed forces to protect them.
This was something Gery had never seen in the game so far.
Although it was still the apocalypse, and the outside was still full of zombies, this place was full of life and hope.
Upon arriving here, Tommy handed Joel a photo of Sarah.
It was a photo of Joel and Sarah.
However, Joel did not accept the photo because it was his eternal heartache.
But then Joel's words made Gery pause for a moment.
Because Joel wanted to back down here, he wanted to entrust Ellie to Tommy and leave himself.
They even had a big fight over this, after all, Tommy was no longer alone, he had his own family.
While they were deadlocked, the nearby hunters arrived. After working together to repel the enemies,
Ellie animatedly described the situation to Joel, but Joel didn't listen at all, only anxiously checked Ellie for any injuries and asked if she was hurt.
Seeing this, Gery in the game had a look of realization.
He understood why Joel didn't want to take Ellie on the road anymore.
Because on this journey, unconsciously, Joel had come to see Ellie as the most important person to him, and he regarded Ellie as his daughter.
Tommy clearly understood, so he decided to take on this troublesome task.
Tommy had also thought about the events of twenty years ago, if he had arrived earlier.
Would Sarah not have died?
But everyone overlooked one thing, and that was what Ellie thought?
Ellie, who had overheard Joel's conversation, stole a horse and ran out of the camp alone.
They finally found her at a ranch, Tommy and Joel.
Looking at Ellie leaning on the balcony reading her journal, Joel loudly accused her, saying she was too willful and didn't know the trouble she had caused them.
And here, Ellie finally burst out.
"Stop talking nonsense? What are you afraid of? Afraid I'll end up like Sam? I won't get infected, I can take care of myself." Ellie looked at Joel.
"How many dangers have we encountered?" Joel said, but looked away.
"So far, we've handled it well."
"Then you'll handle it better with Tommy!" Joel argued.
"I'm not her... Maria told me about Sarah, and I..." Ellie said softly.
"Ellie... you're pushing yourself to a dead end..." Joel turned to look at Ellie and shook his head.
"I'm sorry about Sarah, but Joel... I've also lost someone important." Ellie looked directly at Joel.
"You won't understand." Joel shook his head at Ellie, clearly not believing that a 13-year-old girl born in the apocalypse had experienced anything.
Facing the stubborn Joel, Ellie finally couldn't take it anymore and pushed Joel hard.
"F***! Everyone who cared about me either died or left me!"
"Everyone's like that! F***! Except you, you bastard!"
"So don't tell me I'll be safer with anyone else, F***! That will only make me more scared!"
Looking at Ellie's emotional outburst, Joel's lips trembled: "You're right, you're not my daughter, and I won't be your father... We'll go our separate ways."
After dealing with the invading enemies, accompanied by melancholic guitar music, the three returned to town.
All the way, the three were silent.
Outside Tommy's town, it was as quiet and peaceful as a paradise, with no trace of the doomsday atmosphere.
Here, Joel looked at Ellie's back and finally made up his mind.
"Where is their lab?"
"A long way off, East Colorado University."
"Ellie, get off the horse and give it back to Tommy."
Hearing Joel's words, Ellie suddenly looked up.
"If you don't mind, I want to spend a little more time with her," Joel said to Tommy, then looked at Ellie: "Get on, don't make me say it again."
"This place can accommodate you," Tommy tried to keep Joel and Ellie as they parted.
Without answering Tommy, Joel just turned and looked at Ellie behind him.
"Are you ready?"
After receiving an answer, Joel looked at Tommy and nodded gently.
"Goodbye, brother."
As reviewers, these reporters were completely immersed in the plot at this moment.
They weren't thinking about reviewing things. All they wanted to know was what else Joel and Ellie would encounter later.
Would Lucas really be so heartless as to stage another tragedy?
(End of this chapter)
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