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Spoilers for the entire game obviously

Can someone please explain the endings to me? I was thinking about it, and it makes zero sense to me. Honestly, it kinda makes me upset because otherwise I really loved the worldbuilding and making theories by reading all the documents you can find throughout the game. Ending the game this way also plummets my excitement for the upcoming sequel. Some of the things I didn't understand:

• How does Adam and Eve fusing together solve anything? Dangerous Naytibas will still roam all over Earth, and the Andro-Eidos will still remain on the surface, hiding from these monsters. How does Adam and Eve becoming a "new human race" change anything?
• In the endings where Adam and Eve merges, is it supposed to be implied that more Andro-Eidos will merge with Naytiba? But who would want to willingly merge with a mindless monster? And I don't think forcing the merging is a good idea.
• Why does Adam want to merge with Eve, when Andro-Eidos and Naytibas have already merged before? Why would them merging be any different from Raven and Orcal?
• After the merging, why is it that the new being is technically Eve and Adam's consciousness is just gone? Did Adam know about this? Why can't Eve just change her mind after merging and still support Andro-Eidos as the true human race?
• In the ending where we side against Adam, why would Eve go back to Mother Sphere? How does she not suspect that they would likely be killed if she questions her? Lily literally reminds her that they still have things to do on Earth, yet Eve just wants a quick trip to question why Mother Shpere did everything? Did she not learn anything?
• In the endings where we merge with Adam, why does Eve start killing other angels, when they are just like her? No questioning it, no trying to flee or talk to them, she just starts killing them instinctively. How does that make any sense? Didn't we just merge to save both species because they both deserve to live?
• Why can't Eve just tell Adam that she doesn't think merging is a good idea but she still supports Adam's goal to save both species? Adam seemed reasonable enough for a discussion.
• The dilemma that the ending presents is not a dilemma at all. I would not for a single second think that the old humanity, the Naytibas should survive, because they are not even human anymore. Even if Andro-Eidos somehow don't have human dna, they are still a thousand times more human than whatever Naytbias have become. It doesn't matter that Mother Sphere is evil or unreasonable, Andro-Eidos are still sentient and intelligent beings exactly like how humans were, while Naytibas have lost all their humanity.

Also, this might just be my opinion, but I don't think making one single person responsible for wiping out all of humanity, almost twice technically, then making him offer the solution to all of it is good writing. I feel like this puts too much responsibility on a single character, to the point where it feels like the entire world is his sandbox. When I played the game, I expected something more complex, and because of this, the ending disappointed me.