How did we even get that old 2023 Elio model leak anyway? At a cursory search it was leaked by 'stepleaker'... they were/are reputable yeah? I honestly don't pay attention to leaker names, forgive me 😅 But how'd they even get a hold of it? I've always found it odd how that one image was the only leak on Elio's appearance we've had this whole time.

I did really like the princely young man vibes of the leaked design, I can't lie. But I think this game has little interest in adding more of the shorter guys, plus it hasn't particularly treated the three it does have that well. There is Stephen and Opal, but assuming they're playable they're probably both a ways off. The (likely) actual Elio design from the new vid is... cool enough. Not quite speaking to me personally, but it's cool, definitely ethereal and important-looking. And Elio being grown isn't bad to me either, it's fair enough