Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-74.80.21.175-20150215013110/@comment-1504072-20150217104516

You can read it however you like really. Screaming Mantis had the personality of Psycho Mantis implanted into her psyche through similar means... yet it appears the literal "ghost" of Psycho Mantis also exercised control over her. In the end, there really is no difference whether Ocelot was pretending to be Liquid or actually was Liquid, the only important thing is that he believed he was Liquid and thus, both are "the bad guy." In the words of Basil Exposition, "I suggest you don't worry about this sort of thing and... just enjoy yourself!"

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