[ It's a fair question to ask, and Snake can't really blame Milly for being curious. Raiden is still Raiden, even if he's from a different universe than Snake's. That much he's fairly certain of by this point. But either way, he's gone through a lot of changes. ]

When I met him, he was... kind of clueless. It was his first mission in the field, at least as far as he could remember, and he hadn't been briefed at all. I did what I could to help him out. He wanted to do the right thing, though, and he endured a lot of shit from pretty much everyone involved.

[ Snake settles his elbows on his knees and intertwines his fingers as he stares at one of the mats on the floor, thinking back on everything that happened at Big Shell. ]

So he was greener. A little more lighthearted, a little more gullible. But a good kid.