no sooner is “was has become routine” spoken than it’s made manifold. it’s shadow moses. it’s psycho mantis. it’s the b&b unit having the names of fox hound members, the weapons of dead cell members, and the emotions of cobra members, while what remains of their personhood rots inside a memetic shell. it’s naomi, rose, campbell, and liquid’s layered duplicity, otacon losing a woman he cares about, eva getting impaled after a bike crash, raiden having to find his purpose all over again, and ocelot correctly predicting that the patriots would send snake to clean things up. there’s nothing new under the old sun