[Boss wouldn't flinch if Kaz did indeed go to hit him again. Why not? He made people angry. Whether it was his actions or the actions of those around him, people were angry.]

Yeah, it does. The guy is the cause of all of it. [What Zero wanted out of Big Boss; the legend. What he wanted the legendary soldier to carry out. Even in a coma the man was still alive in name and not being. Venom took the mantle upon himself, or rather was forced to take it upon himself, even when the real Big Boss was asleep, dead to the world.]

Don't blame yourself, Kaz. You couldn't have known. None of us could. [Could he? No. This wasn't what he had planned at all. It shouldn't have been lie this. Screwing people over wasn't his style.]

I know. Ahab didn't have to got through what he did. The guy deserved better. [Yeah.]

Ocelot was just a tool in the works. He was doing his job just like everyone else. Yet, he did it because he cared about me. The guy devoted his life to the name Big Boss. The legend.

[Snake didn't think of himself as a legend at all. He was a man; a killer. A soldier. Yet, Ocelot had always looked up to him since he was Naked Snake.]

We're all pawns, Kaz. One way or another.