Quote Originally Posted by Skyblade
Can you think of a better way to brainwash hundreds of children?
Well, it's one way to do it, although the chain of events seems unlikely to me. Although I was just asking Future Esthar if that's what he thinks.

Quote Originally Posted by BG-57
That Ellone implanted their memories instead of them remembering it on their own? Or she sent them back in time and they witness their childhood which they interpret as memories?
Quote Originally Posted by Unknowns
So Ellone implanted real memories to them instead of them remembering on their own, so Ellone did IMPLANTED memory to them isn't it?
I'm pretty sure Future Esthar agreed with the second question and not the first. When he asked me to post his Ellone theory in my own words I said:

Quote Originally Posted by BG-57
Apparently Future Esthar is suggesting that Ellone sent the main characters back in time to witness their childhood at the orphanage. So they never really remembered growing up in the orphanage, they just witnessed it and thought it was memories. This is an alternative to the earlier theory that the GF's mentally blocked the paths to the memories.
He hasn't contradicted me on this count.

I don't see an inherent impossibilty against Ellone sending them back to witness an event that they couldn't recall on their own. In those circumstances it would quite reasonable for them to mistake a past event as a memory.

Still, it's much more likely they remembered their childhood at Irvine's prompting.