Talk:Lotus/@comment-24839811-20190608033338/@comment-170.249.153.179-20191221055150

^ TL;DR: I'm pretty sure Lotus is a gestalt in which Natah served as the body and Margulis served as the basis for the mind and personality, but together they became something that had elements of both but identified itself as neither. When Ballas unhooked the Lotus from her chair, he expected Margulis but got Natah, while not-quite-Margulis Lotus is still trapped in the mask in our Orbiter without a body. Not sure whether Natah is royally pissed at us and the Orokin for making her play host to the Lotus all this time, or if perhaps that's just her opinionated and out-of-the-loop Mother projecting her perspective on/through her daughter because she doesn't want to think her precious daughter could have "gone native" and disobeyed her the moment she was isolated from the Sentient hive mind.

Either way, Natah is not Space Mom, Space Mom is Space Mom. Space Mom is the mask that we have in our orbiter that Natah is no longer wearing but apparently retains enough of a connection that Space Mom can give us a backdoor into whatever Natah's up to. Not sure whether Natah straight-up hates us and Space Mom but can't stop her from spying on her for us, or if perhaps Natah might still have a bit of Space Mom in her but has to keep up appearances and be sutble with her leaks because Ballas isn't the only one willing to mindf*ck people into being what they want them to be.