[Advances closer, very cautiously. He's panting, but he's still trying to remain as calm as he can.]

You were part of my plans at first, Solidus. You were my strongest ally here... I trusted you.

You talk about being a puppet, a tool... But what does that make me? I was played by a tool. I've been a tool for so many people, even though me and Fox denied it so much. As much as we tried to break away from being used, we were used all the more.

You really think we were created so differently? I may have been born to be a soldier, but no one ever saw me as anything but a tool. Something to be used, something expendable. That's why I'm as old as I am at 42, that's why you are, too.

I didn't even know I had a third brother until the Big Shell happened... But learning that my greatest ally here orchestrated the incident that changed my life forever...


I can't just let it go.


If I get out of here, I'll become a biological weapon that will kill thousands of people. I'm not going to become a tool to this damn FoxDie inside of me, I'm going to kill myself before I'll be used again.

[Points the M4 at Solidus' head, his arm trembling somewhat.]

Were you willing to go that far?