system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Bioshock] Why did Fontaine pretend to try to save his family when he had total control of the player in the first place?

Why the song and dance?
gpt
He wasn't in constant contact with the player. If the player was actively resisting there would have been points where he might have escaped.

Hedging bets was way smarter. Have a literal slave who didn't even know he was a slave.