LogFAQs > #930149837

The S3 is a system for controlling human will and conciousness. S3 is not you, a soldier trained in the image of Solid Snake, it is a method, a protocol that created a circumstance that made you what you are.

So you see, we're the S3. Not you.

What you experienced was the final test of it's effectiveness. You heard what President Johnson said; "The Arsenal's "GW" system is the key to their supremacy." The objective of this exercise was to establish such a method.

We used Shadow Moses as a paradigm for the exercise.

I wonder if you would have preferred a fantasy setting.

We chose that backdrop because of it's extreme circumstances. It was an optimal test for S3's crisis management capacity. If the model could trigger, control and solve this, it would be ready for any contingency. And now, we have our proof.

Raiden, there are also reasons behind your selection. Solidus raised plenty of other child soldiers. Do you know why we chose you over them? It was because you were the only one who refused to acknowledge the past. All the others remember what they were, and pay for it daily.

But you turn your back on everything you don't like. You do whatever you like, see only the things you like, and for yourself alone.

Yes --- Rose can attest to that.

You refused to see me for what I was. I lied to you, but I wanted to be caught. You pretended to be understanding, to be a gentleman...You never made a conscious attempt to reach out to me...The only time you did was when I gave you no choice but to do so...What? "Trying not to hurt me?" Dear, the one you were trying not to hurt was yourself!! Avoiding the truth under the guise of "kindness" is all that you did! It occurred to you do nothing but look out for yourself. Even if you claim that it was for my sake, that feeling was nowhere to be seen. In the end everything was for your sake...I was never part of the picture.

Ha, ha, ha...exactly right. So you see, you're a perfect representative of the masses we need to protect. This is why we chose you. You accepted the fiction we've provided, obeyed our orders and did everything you were told to. The exercise is a resounding success.

Didn't I tell you that GW was still incomplete? But not anymore, thanks to you.

Your persona, experiences, triumphs and defeats are nothing but byproducts. The real objective was ensuring that we could generate and manipulate them. It's taken a lot of time and money, but it was well worth it considering the results.

I think that's enough talk. It's time for the final exercise.

Raiden, take Solidus down.

Think again, I'm through doing what I'm told!

Oh really? Aren't you forgetting something?

If you die, my child dies.

The termination of vital signals from your nanomachines means the death of Olga's child. Not to mention the death of Rose. She's wired the same way.

Does she actually exist?

Of course I do, Jack! You have to beLIEve me!

It will be a fight to the death.

Solidus, at least, wants you dead.

We will collect the necessary data from this last fight, then we'll consider the exercise closed.

So, Jack the Ripper! Will it be Solidus, the Patriots creation? Or you --- Solidus' creation? Our beloved monsters -- enjoy yourselves.
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And Epstein didn't kill himself.