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Have you ever heard the proverb about how you grow a tree for only ten years, but you have to grow men over a hundred?

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I guess not then. In English it means that human progress is tied with education and that you have to nurture those skills and talents over time for the betterment of everyone. Which is why I've brought myself here.

There is a time to say goodbye to the military and lead a quieter life, like others I know. Because you can't stay in that kind of environment forever. I loved studying when I was in university and returning the favour is probably the best to do. Plus there will be new people to meet and new technologies to develop. It's a really conducive atmosphere to learning, collaboration - oh.

Really, there's nothing for me to lose. I like having the free time too. Makes it easier to catch up on reading.

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Yet that is what you said.

Aside from that, you have already told me much. To speak the name of a country would be no issue, so you are neither a patriot nor a spy. The other option, then, is confirmed.

[IS IT... the very same Mei Ling he's read all about in The Darkness of Shadow Moses?]

Are you the Mei Ling?

So what do they let you teach at this fine institution with that kind of ardour?

The Mei Ling? I don't know about that, I am a Mei Ling but whether it's the one you're looking for I'm not sure.

[She's just teasing you, Raiden.]

[Consider him teased.]

The same one who helped Snake out during the Shadow Moses incident. It's got to be you. What are you doing here?

Saying goodbye to the military, huh?

Well, I was never really a soldier to begin with Snake ~~though I was a commanding officer of a ship, that was cool~~. Nothing wrong with wanting to enjoy some peace time.

Teaching. And I know who you are... Raiden. I should be asking you what you're doing here.

[... wasn't he a cyborg? Or am I just remembering wrong? Naah Mei Ling, you remember him smashing watermelons.]

[Yep, freshly post-Big-Shell Raiden has yet to cut those melons... OR HAS HE. (http://things-go-boom.livejournal.com/48592.html)]

I'm... the janitor here. It's nothing glamorous, but... [...YEAH THAT'S ABOUT IT.]

Wait... you know who I am?

I am a member of Philanthropy, you know. I know things that most people aren't meant to know.

But that's not the point. I know who you are and you know who I am. It's fair game. We can be friendly or adversarial with each other now, as you see fit.

I am the Ethics teacher.

Tell me what you believe in. Simply for discussion.

Before we go further, I've been rude not to introduce myself. My name is Mei Ling. I will be teaching Data Analysis.

As for what I believe... Well, pacifism at the heart of it. But pacifism that is pragmatic. "Very few wars are worth fighting for" says Bertrand Russell. So certain conflicts are are permissible as the lesser evils to fulfill our duty to humanity.

I believe that it is fully permissible and ethical to defend onesself. But we must strike at the heart of the issue, those things that cause violence to begin with.

[Philanthropy... he knows that group.]

I don't have any reason to be adversarial with you. It's just unexpected.

...Maybe Rosemary will find her way here next.

... There is no good. There is no evil. There is just man; of the same constitution, corrupted.

Yet you acknowledge that there is corruption, and that is of what I speak. That is what must be eliminated, and all that cause such infections.

What is it again, hm...

I'm not one to proclaim the cause of corruption, but the pursuit of empty values is perhaps the strongest of them all. "A corrupted man is nothing more than a deceiving and frivolous exterior, honor without virtue, reason without wisdom, and pleasure without happiness."

Well, I think that applies to any sentient species, really... never met one yet who's at peace with the world enough to really be self sustaining. Humans aren't alone, there.

Haha - I'd like to be called just Echidna about as much as you'd like it if I just called you Human, so, Knuckles will be fine. Pleased to meetcha - what are you teaching?

Hmm. I guess in my experience, where people tend to be called by animal codenames... oh never mind.

I teach Data Analysis. I'll be teaching how to look at data collected from battles, optimise it and generally play around with it. I tend of think of it as curiosity with numbers.

And yet the pursuit of values with a strong basis in history and reality is not the same. To view it as such is to dismiss all potential in creation.

~~Was it at least a cool boat?~~ No, there's nothing wrong with that.

Listen, Mei Ling, I need you to do me a favor.

~~It saved your behind, if that's what you mean.~~

What is it this time?

~~oh well that's pretty cool, then~~

The only people that know I'm here are you, Otacon, and Raiden.

I want to keep it that way. If anyone else asks, I'm Pliskin.

Wow, you haven't used that name since 2009. I can guess I can understand though. The whole "I'm Solid Snake" deal may scare off some people.

And Otacon's here? Well, I'm not surprised. He did say that he'd spend his days chronicling the rest of your life...

2009 wasn't that long ago...

He did?

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