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GreekTelepath wrote: So Chapter 5 indicates it's been Elluka the entire time because she asked Lemy to escape with her? How do we know Elluka didn't just wrestle back control at some point, since Irina experienced similar difficulties when sharing bodies with another soul? Because (as I've said) the scenes I had read ahead already established different reasons for Elluka's disabled condition than what "Eve" originally presented. Gretel has been suspicious from the beginning and even pointed out holes in Elluka's story.

Elluka herself references being the one who hypnotized Ein back at the brothel from earlier chapters. This is just after joining Pere Noel and the first scene of Part 2 is referencing Elluka's use of "Margarita" as one her recent aliases.

The only reason Gretel and Irina didn't believe her was she had Eve's powers and memories Elluka shouldn't have, which is also explained as what Elluka gained from the Gift battle.

The only contention of doubt when "Margarita" first introduced herself was whether a scene between Chapter 4 of part 1 and the last scene of Chapter 6 would lend room for there actually being a period of Eve being in control. It didn't and instead unfurled more and more reason to believe Eve was Elluka.