I was once just like you, you know that? But that's why I'm hard on you, because I see in you my past mistakes.
[Sharply] They were kids.
Does that excuse that man's sins? Were we not also children? (El looks away) I remember the day I came to the rainbow room, and you were... gone. So, when my gifts were strong enough, I used them to escape, and I ran. I ran away as far as I could. And it was there, far away, that I... I found a place to hide. A family. A home. Just like you and your policeman. But... they couldn't help me. So, eventually, I lost them, too. So, I decided to play the part; to stop hiding. To use my gifts against those who hurt us. You're now faced with the same choice, Jane: go back into hiding and hope they don't find you, or fight, and face them again.
Face who?
The man who calls himself our father.
[Shakes her head] Papa is... dead.
That man tonight disagreed.
[El spins around and sees an illusion of Brenner that Kali is projecting into her mind]
[Stands up] You're not real.
All this time, and you haven't looked for me? Why? Because you thought I was dead? Or because you were afraid of what you might find?
[In tears] Go away.
You have to confront your pain. You have a wound, Eleven, a terrible wound. And it's festering. Do you remember what that means? Festering? It means... a rot. And it will grow. Spread.
Get out of my head.
And eventually, it will kill you.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!
[The illusion vanishes, Kali kneels in front of a sobbing El]
This isn't a prison, Jane. You're always free to return to your policeman. Or stay, and avenge your mother. Let us heal our wounds. Together.
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