Note from mom
The Note from mom is a letter from Ellie's mother, Anna, and an automatic artifact in Ellie's backpack at the start of Lakeside Resort. You can read both sides of it from the Artifacts menu.
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Good to know
- Lakeside Resort, The Hunt section, number 6 in the chapter's collectible list (automatic, already in Ellie's backpack).
- Written by Anna, Ellie's mother.
- Ellie answers it when you flip to the back.
What it says
Anna writes to her newborn daughter with dry honesty about not liking kids, then admits holding Ellie amazes her. She names Marlene as the person she trusts to raise Ellie, tells her the world is hard but worth living in, and urges her to find a purpose and fight for it.
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Anna wrote it knowing she would not live long, which explains Marlene's role in Ellie's life. Ellie's reply when you flip the note shows how much she wants to live up to it.
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