Forum:Who, or what, is Eli Vance?

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By way of prefacing my question, let me say that I know what the helpful Eli Vance page says. But that page overlooks something that I think is important, which I'm bringing up here for some discussion. At the end of Episode II, when the Advisor flew into the hangar, Gordon and Alyx were suspended (as they had been previously) against the wall by the Advisor's telekinetic abilities. This telekinetic ability is represented by flowing green lines emanating from the Advisor toward the target it's manipulating. However, Eli was not suspended against the wall, or held against his will by telekinetic force; indeed, when the Advisor tries, you can see the telltale green lines bouncing off of Eli - and he isn't subdued until the Advisor physically grabs hold of him.

This all leads me to the question: What don't we know about Eli Vance? Is it possible that he isn't human - or at least, that he isn't entirely human? As a further piece of evidence supporting this "nonhuman" theory, recall the Gman's speech to Alyx earlier in Episode II: "Now, listen carefully my dear. When you see your...father...relay these words: Prepare for unforeseen consequences." Gman quite obviously hesitated before calling Eli her father; was this hesitation because of the Gman's characteristically strange speaking style, or was it his way of communicating to us (the player) that Eli isn't actually Alyx's father - at least, not in a biological sense? We can't be certain; but the idea that Eli isn't actually human (and therefore, isn't actually Alyx's father) is bolstered by his resistance to the Advisor's telekinesis.

Obviously, none of this can be definitively answered from canon at this point (so far as I know, anyway)...but these unanswered questions do lead to an exciting, if remote possibility: Might Eli Vance, in some form or other, return for Episode III?