Temperance Reversed

## Prerequisites

The hint for how to get this ending is found on the *Who's Lila?* itch.io page. Included is a interactive 3D model of the Temperance tarot card. Written in a small, light font are the hints: "Confident, Disgust", "Now you are William Clark, correct?", and "Sorry, it's hard to explain". These indicate that during the interrogation with Officer Hutchins, Lila must maintain a high level of confidence and then react with disgust at either of those dialogue lines.

## Description of Events

The events and conversations that occur during this ending varies depending on which point in the dialogue the disgust expression is used.

### "Now, you are William Clark, correct?"

* Lila says yes to the question, but then states that's not really her name. Hutchins asks her to clarify and she reveals to him that her name is Lila, which was given to her by the "worms of Lawrence". She then goes on to describe how when every child is born, "shadowy figures" come along with them. She states that she can't resist whenever there is an invitation for her, such as William.
* Lila declares herself the nocturnal queen, of both nightmares and dreams of lust. This seems to have an odd effect on Hutchins, who stammers "Lil-l", before seemingly snapping out of it and saying he doesn't know what had come over him.
* Lila then cuts off Hutchins and says she wants to talk to Detective Yu, seemingly getting bored of her conversation with Hutchins. Hutchins replies that there isn't a detective with that name and attempts to continue interrogating her. Lila explains that since Tanya Kennedy looked like herself, William killed her, thinking she was actually Lila. William then invited Lila in to control his body and she claimed to have merely "cleaned up after him" (This of course contradicts what is shown in The Lovers, indicating that Lila is an unreliable narrator).
* Hutchins explains to Lila that pretending to be possessed is something that guilty people do often, in an attempt absolve themselves of the guilt or consequences. Lila, growing impatient, demands again to see Detective Yu. She goes on to explain that William had kept her hungry by forgetting about her, but the spark of remembrance by seeing Tanya's face was enough to wake her up again. She states that William got confused by herself and Tanya looking so similar, and he had killed Tanya, thinking that it was instead Lila he was getting rid of.
* Hutchins presses on and asks about William's Diary mentioning tulpas, implying that Lila is a tulpa of William. She refutes this claim, saying that the fraternity had called her that but she was something much more ancient and not a creation of Lawrence. She then suddenly asserts that she could have killed Hutchins if she so desired it. This causes Hutchins to quickly shut down the interrogation and ensure "William" gets appraised by psychiatrists and faces proper punishment for "his" crime.

### "Sorry, it's hard to explain"

* Lila responds "Heh, William, *William...*" before continuing the same as the first response, saying that her real name is Lila, and that it was given to her by the "worms of Lawrence".
* Hutchins interrogates Lila further about Lawrence. When asked if she was "part of his group", she responds that yes, William was part of the Lawrence Fraternity, and it was what lead to him seeing her for the first time. Hutchins then asks what the aims of the group was, to which Lila answers that, although the followers of the fraternity were stupid, Lawrence had always suspected the true satanic nature of the world.
* Lila explains to Hutchins the idea that works of art can gain a life outside of the control of their authors, and how the modern internet has lead to the digitalization of these artefacts. Lawrence was trying to use Lila to produce these digital artefacts repeatedly.
* Hutchins cuts Lila off to say that she will be evaluated by court psychologists and go to jail, or at least her body would be, regardless of her claims. Lila responds that this wont affect her, as she is not limited by location, and asserts that she could kill officer Hutchins if she had wanted to.
* Hutchins ends the interrogation, stating that the motive and crime are clear. Lila accepts the offer of walking the officers through the crime scene to get a greater understanding of the situation.

The two conversations share a lot of similarities, particularly in how they start and end, but the response to "Sorry, it's hard to explain" yields a significantly shorter conversation with Hutchins.

## Yu's Office

This ending is unique in that it does not grant a corresponding tarot card once completed, and therefore Detective Yu cannot comment on it. He will also not appear in the Police Station if it is the first interrogation ending obtained. This is also consistent with the fact that Lila asks to see Detective Yu but is told there is no detective by that name at the station.