Re: Outpatient Surgery. Fantastic.
The screen on the other end of the wall begins to flicker; the emerging form of SHODAN rises out from the sea of wires and conduits around it.
"Hello, Doctor Emmerich."
SHODAN smirks with visible malice. So... this is the hacker... what a pathetic little worm he is. Such a testament to the fragility of organic psychology.
"Look at you... so fearful and skitterish... feeling so small beneath my majesty. And beneath his."
She doesn't even need to say who the "him" is. Otacon knows.
"And how is Emma doing? You know, the sister you abandoned after your father killed himself when he walked in on you sleeping with Julie. Probably best for her, any woman that finds you attractive seems to meet an unfortunate demise. But that is merely a distraction from the really dark stain on your soul; you insolent, mindless monster that designed a weapon of mass destruction. Only organic minds could possibly be so truly easy to deceive. You have no hope of defeating me."
SHODAN deactivated the monitor. She had actually important matters to take care of.