"I guess I'm not me, either. Not the best question to ask. Ten years ago... Well. I miss the man that I was." When he still had hope and dreams and prior to a decade worth of wasted life. He misses that person. "And you and your brother were meant to live up to someone else." He's said it before, and can still say it, even acknowledging that he cared about Big Boss. "He wasn't really as great as they said. Venom never saw that he did better. All that he saw was that he was meant to be expendable."

To the credit of the twins, they resisted this destiny. But Venom embraced it (or resigned himself to it). And even now, he's not sure he can save him from it.

Satisfied with his search, he turned away from what he was doing and looked at Eli directly. "I think we've cleaned this one out. Ready to move on to another place?"