However, shouldering the weight of humanity’s fate takes a toll. And it’s that purpose that has kept her going through the long and perilous journey. But this also gave her a new sense of purpose-to save the world. She’s born this grief and guilt since that fateful day, having lost her best friend and first love while she somehow survived. When, months back, an Infected bit her and Riley (Storm Reid) back in Boston, she never knew that only one of two would turn into a horrible monster that day.
Since we met her, Ellie has always felt this way about herself.