Re: Hannibal Lecture: Otacon
Snake just stood there; he made not a single motion as he heard every single sordid detail of the hacker's past.
He felt his stomach churn at the kind of past that he'd expect from the Jerry Springer room. Compounded with such naive goodness... Took me a while to learn how shitty things could get too...
Stop it, Snake. That implant is in his head for a reason. You need him alive and functioning!
He quickly snatches the scalpel out of Hal's hand and tosses it over to the other side of the room. He grappled the slender man by the shoulders and and looked directly in his silver eyes. "Otacon, listen! If we're ever going to get out of this alive, you need to keep it together."
His voice grew raspier and speech accellerated, "I need you"... he paused slightly before continuing, "your implant and hacking experience is probably the best weapon we have against that bitch."
That's only one of the reasons.
If he told Hal the other reason... He'd run. Wouldn't blame him. No one in their right mind trusts a killer.
He suddenly realizes how he's gripping Hal's shoulders with almost-bruising force. He quickly releases the scientist. "Sorry... I know this isn't what you're used to."