[ Monster. Right. Anyone who became aware of Mantis' powers wouldn't have known what to do with him, would have seen him as a freak and treated him as such. Snake finds himself wanting to shield his eyes from lights that aren't even there as the images start again. He isn't really that fond of this form of communication, but he figures that asking anything more of Mantis (or Tretij?) right now isn't going to fly.
He'd been an experiment. Of course. Because scientists so often didn't know where to draw a line when it comes to their research. If a kid with psychic powers fell into their lap, how could they resist? It's both sickening and disturbing, but it's not surprising. ]
Before they got you... you must have had a name. [ Snake's eyes narrow. ] You don't remember it?
[ Or maybe Tretij has thrown that name away. Names are a tricky thing, and if he hadn't thought it fit him anymore, maybe it had seemed easier to go with what his captors had called him instead. It doesn't sit well with Snake, though.
He really shouldn't be feeling anything like sympathy for someone who's going to one day be Psycho Mantis, but he's already starting to get an idea of why he'd turned out that way. ]
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He'd been an experiment. Of course. Because scientists so often didn't know where to draw a line when it comes to their research. If a kid with psychic powers fell into their lap, how could they resist? It's both sickening and disturbing, but it's not surprising. ]
Before they got you... you must have had a name. [ Snake's eyes narrow. ] You don't remember it?
[ Or maybe Tretij has thrown that name away. Names are a tricky thing, and if he hadn't thought it fit him anymore, maybe it had seemed easier to go with what his captors had called him instead. It doesn't sit well with Snake, though.
He really shouldn't be feeling anything like sympathy for someone who's going to one day be Psycho Mantis, but he's already starting to get an idea of why he'd turned out that way. ]