All that grew inside me was a darkness I acquired...

[whitescalesbigmouth]

...Do you have to think about that kind of stuff?!

I'm over that whole phase okay!? I've put her behind me and I am definitely over everything that happened when I decided to join up with those psychos.

Just let me deal with it okay?! I did a bunch of stupid unforgivable stuff when I was her so just..let me take this time to get over it and make up for everything I did.

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[tortureshow]

You're a necessary piece in this long game, Dragon. It will all be worth it in the end.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

A game I have no interest in playing.

I didn't give you consent to continue using me like this.

[tortureshow]

HA! [ That gets a laugh out of the old cat. ] And do you ask for consent from the chess pieces you use to play? Of course not. You're a pawn, you don't have a say. A means to an end.

That's how the game is played. Snake is the same, Liquid, too. All just pawns of a much larger game. They tried to break free of their destinies, but it didn't really work out that way... It was just another part of the game.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

And what about you? Aren't you currently someone's pawn too?

[tortureshow]

I play my part, and I see how the story unravels from there. Not a bad life, if you know the shortcuts.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

Sorry, Ocelot but you can't keep a dragon stuck in one place for too long. Sooner or later they have to spread their wings.

I'm not gonna stick around and continue to be played like this.

[tortureshow]

I'm not planning on keeping you caged up. Go ahead, run off somewhere.

If I need you again, you'll know.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

What if I decided to take you in myself?

You can just think of it as a hostage situation.

[Now there's an idea. Though she can't imagine Snake would be too happy with it, She'd need to take everyone elses' wellfare into consideration too and there's no telling f she can actually ever bring herself to trust the old cat again.]