[ So far, no one is panicking. That's the good news.
Everything else going on here is the bad news, though. Even for someone like Snake who's seen the worst kinds of battlefields, this is enough to make the stomach churn. What the hell have they just helped to facilitate? Floating off the ground at least keeps his boots from digging into soft, sticky flesh, but that's not enough to erase the living walls surrounding them.
Or the way that Mother is laughing in satisfaction, like a long-awaited plan has finally come to fruition. That had been the point of all this, but he doubted any of them expected it to look like this.
He levels his gun at her, not interested in playing nice anymore. ] We've given you a lot of help just on good faith. Give us one good reason not to shut this down right now. [ Not that Snake has any idea how to do that, but this wouldn't be his first time leveling up against impossible odds. And besides, there's ten of them.
Of course, most of them also gave her access to their minds, so he isn't expecting this to go well. He volunteered because he considers himself expendable. That doesn't mean he'll go down without a fight. ]
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Everything else going on here is the bad news, though. Even for someone like Snake who's seen the worst kinds of battlefields, this is enough to make the stomach churn. What the hell have they just helped to facilitate? Floating off the ground at least keeps his boots from digging into soft, sticky flesh, but that's not enough to erase the living walls surrounding them.
Or the way that Mother is laughing in satisfaction, like a long-awaited plan has finally come to fruition. That had been the point of all this, but he doubted any of them expected it to look like this.
He levels his gun at her, not interested in playing nice anymore. ] We've given you a lot of help just on good faith. Give us one good reason not to shut this down right now. [ Not that Snake has any idea how to do that, but this wouldn't be his first time leveling up against impossible odds. And besides, there's ten of them.
Of course, most of them also gave her access to their minds, so he isn't expecting this to go well. He volunteered because he considers himself expendable. That doesn't mean he'll go down without a fight. ]