Eleanor nods after a long moment and returns to the clothes, a clear ploy to get time to think without opening her mouth and saying something rash. Ruby's assertion that this sounds insane to her too is perversely helpful; it reassures Eleanor that she has not entered some...variation...on Rapture's collective delusions, if people are sane enough to realize they're dwelling amidst madness.

"...Please understand my position, Miss Ruby. You are making claims that directly contradict the known and immutable physical laws of my world," says the girl with 'genetic' telekinesis, "laws which define the reality of reality as I know it, in fact. It is difficult to imagine that you seem to be thriving in such conditions, in the grip of a power which can gainsay thermodynamics and create something from nothing."