[Gruff, masculine, smokers voice:] Define a 'leader'. A commander - And I'm looking for entirely subjective opinions. What qualities does a man - or a woman - have to possess that you would follow him or her no matter what, no matter where. What inspires you; what's worth your dedication? A great man with a great cause? Or maybe you don't follow
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I noticed. Don't worry. I'm not going to cause any more trouble on that front.
[Says the man who has already tied Snake down to his own bed in order to interrogate him - and has plans to cockblock the hell out of him and Otacon. THE POTENTIAL COCKBLOCKING SAVED YOUR EARS FROM BEING BITCHED OFF, BB.]
[Almost jokingly:] You could always try expanding underground.
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I'm not sure if the terrain is cut out for that. But it's worth a shot, and probably safer, too ... [seriously thinking about that.]
- And I hope. Don't make me regret I stuck you two in one room. [refering to you and Snake, obviously. If Otacon has to jump between something again... 8|]
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...heh. Oh, don't worry. Nobody'll get killed over it. [Liquid sounds far too amused.]
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[underground command base om nom nom ...
...we could even make it hexagon shaped. how about a nuclear launch platform -]
Good. One thing less to worry about.
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You know all about that, don't you. Fine then, I'll cave. Where do we need to start?
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Also, consider your new friend. Do you want to convert one of the empty rooms into a stable for him?
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[What.]
Now that you're talking about budget, Kaz... you're actually contributing to it, right?
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I lead my own team, both here and back home. Almost every night, back home, we'd face countless dangers. I trusted them, all of them, with my life...and I still do. They're what make me strong.
Without a team, there is no leader.
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Of course. A leader is nothing without the force that backs him....huh.
You did? Aren't you a little too young for that?
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What does my age have to do with it?
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Experience. All right, let's talk like adults. Do you know what it feels like if one of your friends dies in your arms, from a wound they sustained while protecing you, the leader? Because it works both ways: A leader without a team is nothing, but so is a team without a leader.
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There are men of the sea I respected, but I didn't look up to them. All I could think of was surpassing them. Then one day the fire just faded, and I grew tired of climbing.
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Orders must always be comprehensible; I understand that, even if feelings and visions rarely are.
So you use people. Perhaps they want to be used - perhaps they don't want to make any decisions on their own, so they trust someone else with that. How do you determine this person?
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The reason stories of good will and heroism are so well-touted, is because they're so RARE. They go against the nature of men. On the ocean I came from, this is the natural law of the world. Those who rule are those strong enough to attain that position. Strength is justice, and the strong define what justice is.
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I bet you could find a few people around here who sure would use and betray them.
...don't drink those energy drinks they're giving away free, by the way. Knocked me for a loop.
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[...huh.]
Are you sure those were energy drinks?
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