r/Bioshock • u/Still-Motor324 • 23h ago
Discussion I never picked up on this detail until now
I was walking around Fort Frolic when I heard an unfamiliar noise coming from a Little Sister near a dead Splicer. I didn't really pay it any mind and just thought “Oh, I guess they eat the bodies after they’ve been drained of Adam. Typical Rapture”. But it wasn't until this happened again and I happened to be closer that I realized Little Sisters nurse on their Adam needles for nourishment. I always assumed they deposited all the Adam they collected into those Gatherers Garden machines and that they didn't need to eat. But if they’re eating all the Adam they collect, then how is that Adam supposed to find its way back into circulation without the death of the Sister? (You can't harvest Little Sister’s Adam without them dying).
TLDR: Little Sisters actually drink the Adam they collect with their Adam needles. The collection chamber even looks like a baby bottle. But if they’re eating the Adam, then how does it make its way back to the market without killing the Little Sister?