Knowing about Cipher / working with Cipher... Sounds like two entirely different things to me.
But he says that thanks to them specifically MSF was able to grow as big as it did, that implies he and Cipher had dealings in some way.
ERIGU said:It's not like you need to cut the arm of a comatose man to get some DNA. ^^;;
Also, the coma thing was a mistranslation in the English version of Metal Gear Solid.
Also also, that would mean Eli either 1) isn't Liquid after all, or 2) is 8.
True about not absolutely needing the left arm, I just thought it was a good explanation for why it was gone.
As for Eli, maybe due to the advanced aging he looks older for his age, or maybe it isn't Liquid.... or maybe I'm wrong and the LET project did take place in 1972 and this whole theory is bupkiss.
Spaghetti said:regarding the arm, i've got a theory. sorry if this has been brought up by someone else.
big boss does not lose the arm in the crash. it doesn't even get damaged.
hear me out. instead, it's amputated purposefully while big boss is in the coma by... maybe XOF (which might clash with XOF coming for him 9 years later... i'll explain in a moment). there's a strong theme of mutilation by XOF in GZ, with paz having organs removed, chico and the hole in his chest, the "eye" and the "finger" self mutilating in the side-ops mission. taking big boss' arm plays into that. it also acts as an insurance policy for if he ever wakes from the coma. we already see how much body weight he drops, missing an arm too would make him easy pickings (this is why XOF come for him 9 years later. what's the point in killing big boss while he's in a coma when they can play the waiting game and kill him when he's terrified, powerless, and mutilated).
Ehh, if they did that I don't see why they wouldn't take one of his legs too just to make sure he'd be useless, or his other eye for that matter, or just kill him straight up if they were worried about him coming after them should he awaken.