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Video Games · 2007

You gave them the one thing that was stolen from them. A chance. A chance to learn. To find love. To live. And in the end what was your reward? You never said. But I think I know: a family.

— Brigid Tenenbaum • BioShock

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Tenenbaum describes the lives made possible by sparing the Little Sisters. Their reward is not a payment but a lasting relationship with the person who helped them. Her account makes family the answer to a world that has treated vulnerable children as things to exploit.

  • GamesRadar+Quotation list entry for BioShock: Brigid Tenenbaum. Wording and credit; original game edition retained separately in context.Reference checked

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