"Being thoughtless at age ten is hardly a mortal sin," Eleanor allowed. "Most children are abominable, from what I understand. It takes the psyche several years just to understand that other people exist, much less develop empathy for them."

She fidgeted, slightly. "There's rather a lot to it," she said, which was by way of an understatement. "It starts with human experimentation, and brainwashing. The favorite test subjects were ones no one would miss -- prisoners and small orphan girls."

Rapture really elevated douchebaggery to an art form.