Secrets in the Cutscenes of MGSV | SIX | "The Arm That Wasn't There"
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Ever since the 2015 release of Hideo Kojima's METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN, fans have endlessly speculated over its many secrets, misdirects, and possible interpretations. Yet its harshest critics, on the other hand, have alleged the game was left unfinished, and ultimately unfulfilling.
A common complaint has been that TPP lacked cutscenes with the typical MGS substance, and that it's story feels elliptical. Even die-hard fans have convinced themselves of a coming secret 'Chapter Three', where every dot will be connected, and every stray plot-line conclusively tied up.
But is it possible that underneath it all, MGSV is not only a completely finished game, but one with more detailed, rich, and nuanced cut-scenes than any entry before it?
In this new series from Futurasound Productions, creator of the hit trilogy 'WTF Happens in MGSV', we return again to the polarizing and mysteriously hypnotic swan song that is MGSV:TPP - this time to take a deeper dive than ever, specifically into the cutscenes.
In this episode, we continue to explore the first encounter with Skull Face, and the second against the Skulls, in MISSION 06: WHERE DO THE BEES SLEEP?
Intro - 0:00
Part One - 1:34
Part Two - 24:54
Credits - 54:23
I finished this video a while back, so the list of backers may not be fully up to date. If I missed anyone, I'll pin a comment with the full list shortly, Boss!
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>108 foregin objects in you
The number 108 is a significant number in the Dharmic religions, like Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism. It represents the number of temptations that humans face
XO in japanese are like NO and YES in culture. Like forming an X with your arms to say No at a distance or circling right answers on a test. It's weird whenever a Playstation game doesn't use the symbols on the controller like they're supposed to and X confirms instead of cancels.
@@souptouchesme it's fascinating that we got the opposite meaning for X and O on the controller. I presume it comes from "X marks the spot" while circle looks more passive, as well as looking like it represents the number 0?
@@glitchwalker5422 I remember reading recently that with the PlayStation 5, Japanese players will have to start using X as confirm for the first time in 26 years
@@glitchwalker5422in older PlayStations it was the opposite, alot of old games O is confirm and X is back. I assume they changed it to be more like xbox.
One of my favorite parts of MGS is how "Snake" and "Big Boss" become cultural icons within the world of MGS, but also in real life and it's written as a response to that very idea. But that cultural significance is dwindled by the fact that they're just cogs in the larger machine, being manipulated and deceived to fill the role that's been forced upon them. It's easy to dismiss The Phantom Pain as not really fitting into the rest of the franchise, some even call it a mistake, but I couldn't disagree more. In many ways TPP is a preemptive response to the criticism it was bound to recieve and it's quite amazing in that regard. Obviously people are entitled to their opinions, but the way this game justifies itself is so captivating to me. It's just not immediately clear, even upon "completion" how big the bigger picture really is. The other MGS games are relatively short and concise stories of just a few events over a short period of time. TPP is effectively a story without end which is, in addition to exploring a wide range of topics that the franchise is known for, a self referential commentary on the effect Metal Gear Solid had on the real world.
Yup also with the freedom the game gives it really allows us to tell our own stories of how we want to see our icon, Big Boss…. Hero or Villain ?
With the amount of work Venom puts in overseas….. the choice is up to us. We’re neither heroes or villains just an army completely missions assigned to us in any fashion we want. Nd it doesn’t end because in game theory would be time paradox where venom’s free reign ends here. Whatever stories we created with Venom built Big Boss reputation.
@@LAGator-qu7tc well this has always been the point of Hideos art since MGS2 regarding the Metal Gear Solid Series. MGS4 and MGS5 are literally half satirical jabs and the part of this fanbase that are literally in a cult and refuse to let the IP die. Old Snake in 4 is, in writing terms (I am a writer just for clarification), is a direct attack on those who demand more Metal Gear and more snake and won't just let him die. This is why 4 is so genuis imo. It's all meme culture. It's a sequel, but all of it is dead inside. The main boss looks like Liquid, acts like Liquid, but in reality is only a meme of liquid snake. It is all a direct commentary on rabid Fandom and corporations milking properties until they are withered up and lifeless. Hence the ending chat with Big Boss. We must bring everything back to 0. As long as 0 exist, soon it will be 100. That is a direct statement on milking the Metal Gear franchise and fans demanding he keep making them. Which is why Death Stranding is my favorite game of the last 5 years and my 2nd favorite Kojima game behind Snake Eater. I dont want to sound like some type of elitist because I hate that, but Death Stranding was so misunderstood at launch it is not even funny. The depth of that game if you just commit to playing it, well frankly, it is mindblowing. Not only the deep themes and philosophies, but the actual gameplay. Yeah it is a FedEx simulator, if that's how you choose to view it and be reductive. No other game in history has actually created a world. A real world, where every step takes planning and thought. You can't just push the stick forward like every other open world game and get where you are going. You need to plan, build, watch where you walk, figure out routes, help other players, let them help you. So happy the PC community really understood this game when it launched on the PC. A big portion of westerner console players like myself, just could not grasp the idea and tossed it away because it wasn't endless action and dopamine. There is nothing in gaming like traveling will 100s of pounds of precious cargo, figuring out a beautiful route to take, building a road and some bridges, and just as you step over the horizon.........Low Roar starts singing through the headphones, and all of a sudden I don't feel so alone. What a game. I LOVEEE MGS. Every single one is a masterclass in their own right, but I am so happy he is making new stuff. He is old now, almost 60, and he may only have 1 or 2 games left in him. Lets let him create the world's and games he desires. I think he has earned that people. Stop with the cult shit thinking everything is a Kojima ARG bringing Silent Hill and MGS back. He has moved on, we should too.
You literally can just push the stick forward in death stranding. You can scale huge mountains without any equipment at all lol
You'd think people had already picked up that Snake nor Big Boss have never done anything purely on their own. Even in OG Metal Gear Big Boss is your handler but also the main villain, so the only reason an unarmed agent got as far as he did, was because the enemy boss was letting them get that far. Snake got into Shadow Moses not only because Ocelot was a mole, but also the president himself was behind the operation. In MGS2 Snake was lured onto the tanker to frame him, the same powers that manipulate him into being a legend also manipulating him to be a villain. Raiden's infiltration of Big Shell was all part of a simulation and some of the bosses were in on it. Doesn't mean Snake, Raiden, BB, etc. aren't highly trained soldiers, they are, they're just not doing it all on their own.
But imagine you're a basic soldier told Big Boss is the baddest mofo around. And you're sent to eliminate him while he's in a coma in a hospital. And when you arrive, the assassin sent in ahead comes flying out the window of Boss' room. On fire. You don't know it was two cripples getting lucky, you just know a dude in a coma beat and set light to an assassin sent to kill him. And you're most certainly not gonna keep that story to yourself, you're gonna tell it and spread the legend of Big Boss.
@@OrphanCrippler1 someone didnt understand the game. Granted its not the most engaging system, but you have watered it down quite a bit
One interesting note is that the Honey Bee becomes Killer Bee when you develop it, the enemies that carry the launcher later in the game also have Killer Bees too if I remember correctly.
and the next region we go to is Africa...
African Killer Bee?
@@darthXreven Psycho Mantis?
@@ShahjahanMasood Metal Gear?!
@@ComedyBee kept you waiting huh ?
Africa?
4:15 This could be a reference of how much DMG weapons the game give you compared to the amount of ZZZ and STN weapons, the game tempts you to use them despite the fact that you need to fulton soldiers to progress in development, this could also be a reference to the times in other mgs games were the game shames you for killing, like in MGS3 in the sorrow boss battle for example.
In the scene where V is hanging from Sahelanthropus (45:35), could it be seen that rather than being a mirror of skull face, he's an inversion. Skull face could be seen as being a mirror of Jack as he would go into the mission after him to clear them up, but V isn't Jack and therefore skull face isn't a mirror.
Or maybe seen as a 'double' mirror? Where Skull face is a mirror of Jack, and V is also a mirror of Jack but in a different direction?
Dunno, just thought the framing of having V hanging face to face of Skull face was an odd choice, especially when you consider if he was grabbed he'd still be upright so he had to be rotated.
Double Mirror I'd wager. They're both XO's who've had their histories stripped from them. Skullface, his language. V, his memory. Both form a man's understanding of his own history.
this perspective flip is used multiple times. for instance in the car crash at the start of the game, the camera flips to give the illusion you are sitting in the wreck upright before falling upwards and the camera readjusting.
I love how in that hallway montage scene, right before Venom transitions into Skull Face, we see his fate of being burned alive by Solid Snake. It is a very poetic end for Venom as he is United in Flames with his fallen brothers. I like the idea of the Real Big Boss retrieving the body of Venom to have him turned into Diamonds
Pretty sure big boss gets burned in mg2 and venom just dies in mg
@@majora361 yep
But he doesn't burn alive...that was Naked Snake.
@@majora361 You are correct I got the 2 mixed up!
Ya, mixed the two up, still that's poetic af.
“Big Boss” as a code name and “Boss”in general was always a curse. Solid Snake realized he was nothing more than human. Naked Snake, of all people, knew of his own limits. Venom Snakes realization is for the player to finally admit we’re in the same system-thrust into a fate we cannot control. Grasping only to those phantoms. “He’s experienced all your missions on record[…]” is a direct reference to the player but also Venom as a character in MGS. The legends were always a doublethink but the player was included in the victim list of counterintelligence... That’s how propaganda works.
Furthermore, having direct support (XOF During operation snake-eater) in combat doesn’t nullify combat operations or make a soldier less successful. Acknowledging you’re not superhuman is crucial to understanding how to fight the enemy.
Lastly, this monologue 13:47 either proves skull face is unaware you’re venom not naked or is willing to lie to you. But what would be the motivation to lie about you being naked snake. I truly believe he’s unaware.
Or probably lies to make you think that you are vic Boss and not venom snake, that's Because if im not mistaken skullface was a mere puppet of Zero and The AI faction inside cipher
"With the right circumstances, ANYONE can become Solid Snake."
-Ocelot
Perhaps but even though Ocelot hypnotizes himself to thinking he is a Snake he still wears his boots and even his hand gestures to a certain extent so can you truly turn one person into another or do fragments of the individual remain?
@@jacksonpb Maybe so but if it was quick how was the system so easily tricked? So many questions about how hypnosis works in the MGS saga among other things. Like why does V support two different interpretations? But that’s probably just me and why I like V it’s always a investigation and you can’t be sure if it is being honest with you.
@@bigboss1fan I think that quote was referring to the fact that anyone under the right circumstances can become a soldier as capable as Solid Snake, no matter their genetics. It wasn't about someone literally turning into Solid by means of brainwashing.
Raiden is precisely that. In comparison to Boss, Snake, Liquid and Solidus, he's just an average Joe. Sure he had some field experience as a child soldier, but most of his training was all VR and there was nothing special about his genetics. He also never had a mentor as legendary as Big Boss or The Boss. And yet Raiden still managed to prove himself to be perfectly able to do the stuff Solid and Big Boss had done before.
@@theazureknight9399 yeah I know I’m just posing a question I have about the MGS world and how hypnosis works.
@@bigboss1fan Ocelot was possessed somehow by the spirit of Liquid snake at first , then he used hypnosis and heavy mental suggestion therapy to make himself think and act like Liquid Snake. But unlike Venom , Ocelot wasn’t on a coma for 9 years so his brain being active might have compromised the hypnotic suggestions a lil bit. Venom was out cold so of course the hypnosis could work perfectly
The font used in subtitles is called “New Cinema” Hideo often talked about merging cinema and video games
When playing a Kojima game, you have to appreciate all the effort they put into their games, the stories behind it and the philosophies presented to us. One of the best examples is the scary ending of MGS2 and how it made us question society itself. All that aside, Kojima Productions have never delivered an unfinished product *looking at everyone else*..
Also, Hideo Kojima doesnt know how to copypaste!
50:11 I'm pretty sure Raiden is just keeping his limbs and joints loose, limber, and ready to strike.
i didn’t think he was going to make another one of these videos but i’m so glad he did! love these videos
It would be foolish to believe that Venom was in a coma like Naked, what is the chance that two people from the same incident will be in the same state of consciousness for the same amount of time? So since I played TPP for the first time, I always thought Naked was actually in a coma for about 8.5 years and Venom was in a forced coma for 9 - it was the thing that touched me about him, he was robbed of his time, if they left him alone, he could get up and go back to his old life at any moment.
Hey future have you ever done a video comparing metal gear solid mercenaries to real life mercenaries? If not, it would be interesting to see a video on it
That sounds really interesting :D
Or a video on Blackwater vs all the PMC's in the MGS series
@@Ner0mancer yeah because Mercenaries have been around since the time of kings and queens but modern pmc’s started in South Africa sort of like how outer heaven was in South Africa
@@domierrodriguez2005 true! I remember one who flew around in a Hind-D Gunship in Africa! What a guy
indeed private wars, corporate coups, banana republics, real time economic implications of 3rd world wealth extraction, lots there for sure.
I always enjoyed the ambiguity in this cutscene in regards to Skull Face knowing if we're the real Big Boss or not. It's not touched on here but what always got me was the line delivery of the final "Boss" by Skull Face as he ends the conversation (In the English version at least). It's spitting - sarcastic. It comes across as almost mockingly calling us Boss. Is it because he knows we aren't really Big Boss or is he merely belittling us?
You mention at the end of the video the Soviets shooting the Hamid fighter in the back after he leads them to the Honey Bee. I just want to point out for those who might not know but the animations used here were also used in one of the trailers for MGSV - the one where the soldiers shoot a POW in the back in Camp Omega. It was one of those "missing scenes" people cried about a lot shortly after the game came out so this has been pointed out a ton, but it might be a cool thing for those who aren't aware.
@16:36 A different example I might use for Naked Snake is that of a scalpel. He is the very tip of a very fine blade. One intended to do no more than needed, the rest of FOX in this case would be the rest of the shaft of the tool and XOF a combination of the ink on the skin and the sutures after. If everything goes well neither the prep work, operation, nor clean up are noticed by anyone who didn't need to. There are more similarities here as well, but it's important to note like the classic "tip of the spear" sayings no one, not Boss, Big Boss, FOX, XOF, operates without some support and supply structure and unless something goes wrong the support jobs remains quiet, unnoticed, and sometimes unknown.
You've been healing our own phantom pain with the truth when suddenly the game series was torn away from us. Thank you boss
Wow! I'm loving the editing and narration of this vid! Great work Boss, one of your best yet!
The connection of the “puppet master movements” of the skull soldier to Raiden’s idle animation in MGS2 is revelatory. This series is a tremendous gift to MGSV fans I’m grateful for all your hard work 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
As someone who is a fan of Kojima, i appreciate the hardwork you put in your videos. I always learn something new and a newfound appreciation for the art ge creates.
Never twigged to Skullface's patch having just "XO" visible. Neat, man. Great catch.
Can't find content this good anywhere on RUclips. Thank you Boss!
Yes!! I’m so hyped. I just finished the last part!! Thank you for all your amazing, and hard work!
Skull face is so compelling and dangerous
Gives a speech to the wrong man in a jeep
Top way to chill after being at work all day, ty.
15:11 yeah however a shadow unit led by a shadow "big boss" was foreshadowed in "metal gear ghost babel" though which in itself was a VR Mission Jack (Raiden and yes we know it's him because No.4 (who also masquerades as Mei Ling in one special mission) claims he didn't accomplish what Solid Snake did kill his father) went through and now we know where the AIs got their information so they could build that VR Mission
I’m not sure if this will add any point or evidence to your essays, but you mentioned the Snow-9 pollen from Snatcher. If you play the Deja Vu mission in Ground Zeroes with the Classic Solid Snake Skin or Gray Fox skin, it snows in Camp Omega. If you call Miller multiple times, he will eventually say, “Snow in Cuba? No this must be the Snow-9 Pollen”
Good work man keep it going.
love these types of videos, really good work
Another absolute killer video. Keep it up.
Excellent analysis as always, thank you!
I play MgsV still to this day. The gameplay is unrivaled.
amazing work brother
I always found the zoom with accompanying sound effects of the camera at all points of MGSV to be Kojima's attempt to make the camera capture of all of what big boss is doing to be canon. This would mean Skull Face and XOF being FOX's tail, in addition to what you mentioned, are the source of the camera feeds that documented Snake Eater. This plays with your moral on the disempowerment caused by XOF in our role "controlling" big boss - in some exceptionally meta way Kojima has canonised the very act of playing a game as it has existed in the mainstream - a parasitic, vicariously glorious experience.
Thanks boss! Favorite series man 🤝🏻
Perfect, these are definitely gonna blow up
It was so nice, I had to watch it twice.
I'd love to see to level of depth you'd derive inspecting Death Stranding
Metal gear taught me that if you give free will to people we wouldn't be where we are right now metal gear taught me that freedom doesn't exist and to have what we have right now somebody motivated or forced someone to create something to make what you have right now
What I'm trying to say is that Hideo kojima is a real artist and is far beyond my understanding
couldnt help but notice that you’d written timothy snyder’s name as ”schneider” at the 10:10 mark. pointing it out mostly to pat my own back, honestly 👉👈 but for real tho, thank you for the continued content, the videos have helped me through a ton of bad days!
I live for this stuff dude.
i’ve played 100+ hours of mgs2 and i’ve never seen raiden do that animation during an alert phase, and you’ve mentioned it twice and this is the only time i’ve ever seen it!? crazy stuff i learn something new everyday. i’d seriously love to know what the condition has to be for him to do that 😂
Ooo almost an hour can't wait 🤓 Best game iv ever played!
Also contains the saddest mission (that I've played to date) in video game history; Shinging lights
@@brandondegraw6945aaah man Yeh that mission really hurt. when i went to the lowest basement and they are standing there saluting with the peace walker theme in the background, Will never forgot it, went beyond a video game.
@hfxcinematicgameplay I have 0 shame in saying I cried when I shot those men,and that turned into unyielding rage when huey opened his traitor mouth
@@brandondegraw6945 mad you mention that huey line, I included it in one of mgsv trailers 😉 oh and mgsv is the only game to ever make me cry too! 😣
That one ingame scene of the soldiers shooting the hamid guy as he walks away thinking all of this is over reminds me of that one shot from the MGSV trailer, that one scene that is not in the actual game.
It’s the exact same animations used in both. Same for Venom falling to his knees in teh “Nuclear” trailer and used in the “Shining Lights (even in death)” mission.
Aight dawg, it’s a good episode, but I want to you speed this analysis up on some of the other cutscenes ahahaha . Keep up the good work bud!
As a Scot hearing someone else use "umpteenth" is amazing- its a fantastic word
Your editing is fantastic! This videos great
Skull unit is like substanceless cobra unit
And after all this, all the connections between literature and history, have you asked where does the Archaea fit? Have you found her yet? The ciphers are there. When were we decieved? Never forget what we lost.
Who exactly is she and why didn’t you explicitly state her name? If you’re referring to PAZ, that still doesn’t explain why the skulls can materialize archea out of seemingly nothing. Even if the bone fragment of Paz stuck in the medics head IS actually archea, this doesn’t explain the skulls having the ability to manipulate those affected by archea and to “create” up from the earth in such large quantities.
@@MusicForTheBroken The information I discovered within the game required extensive real world research. I am willing to share this with the moderator of this channel. The archaea has real world meaning and significance.
@@Sam-bd3qr hope he sees this
Y'all act like a cult and its weird ngl
Of course archaea have real world significance, they're a real organism. They're their own domain of life.
Skullface..."Always On" Ripper Mode
On the subject of the stinger I remember another story where Hamas militants (or other group in the region) had stingers they planned on using again IDF AH-64 apache attack helicopters... Except they wouldn't lock on to a "friendly" aircraft. Not sure how true it was or if it was propaganda.
Do you have a reading list you could share? You always refer back to some good literature
I wonder if we'll ever see Part 7. This series rules
My day is made bruh.
been waiting for this one
Kept ya waiting, huh?
You keep mentioning Snow-9 without discussing what it's named for, Ice-9 from Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. To quote Wikipedia: "Ice-9 is an alternative structure of water that is solid at room temperature and acts as a seed crystal upon contact with ordinary liquid water, causing that liquid water to instantly transform into more Ice-9." I think the meaning here to Skull Face's plans is obvious. There's a lot more in the book I think could be important, but the Snow-9/Ice-9 connection is the obvious line to follow. The first line of the book is also a Moby Dick reference.
I'd say the Dune saga has some influence on MGS too, not just the old movie. The gholas come to mind, and the whole MGSV ruse to 'awaken' the Big Boss persona in V remind me of the transformation from ghola Duncan (named Hayt, coincidentially), who is a mere tool, to the actual Duncan with all his memories and experiences. And, overall, the themes of power and subtle manipulation on a big scale.
37:10 Still planning on doing a metallic archaea oni horn video?
Jorin watched "inside" a few times...
Very good
It’s always a good day when you upload
When was anybody shot in the back in 1984? I remember Wilson (?) being scared it might happen to him, but IIRC it never actually happened to anyone.
7:53 is Skullface asking a question, or making a grammatically incorrect demand?
Really made my day. Love the videos. ✌
I live for this shit.
The only me is me. Are you sure the only you is you?
MGSV: _The Man Who Sold His Arm_
Snaaaaaaaaaakee ! It's not over yet!
WOOAAAHH HOOoAAOOOO! words that kill =]
I understand Death Stranding but this is much more deep shit. Like Kojima's most Kojima thing he ever create.
15:15 Actually the Bible does refer to invisible creations at least once. Colossians 1:16-17
"For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities"
Colossians is not an authentic letter
@@HistoryandReviews so is Colossians just not part of the Bible anymore? You could've made an argument, at least
I wonder if that example you gave of what happens if my arm I cutted and the transplanted to you, was the basis for Liquid Ocelot, if I remember correctly in game the idea was that Liquid's nano machines possessed Ocelot but it can be possible that Kojima may have been inspired by that philosophical exercise.
Let’s goooo
Miller is the xo and hes bent on revenge
Where's part five?
I imagine if BB exists in the real world
yevgeniy is such a great name
look up abu zubaydah and draw the parallels between him and venom snake ; )
Wait have you previously discussed Ocelot speaking not showing up on the dmc in missions 1 and 2. You kinda gloss over it, and it seems like kind of a huge deal.
Do a video on mgs portable ops
That little Reedus Fetus still blows my mind.
What u mean?
CRIPPLE FIGHT
WHY DOES RAIDEN DO THAT ANIMATION IN THE SECOND GAME
Boa
yes
Hell yeah!
my .my how you changed. they dont make hospital gowns like they. used to..
45:06 That makes no sense. If Skullface knew the truth, he wouldn't sit down and talk to Venom in that long one sided conversation as if he was talking to the real Big Boss.
And the Prisoner didn't have his vocal chords removed. He will make some noise after you drop him to his death from high up.
You're doing a lot of good job picking up some things here and there. But most of your videos, while fascinating, seems to be just you reading too much into things.
That or he is just an amazing troll.
I don't know why people got mad when they explain how XOF helped Snake in the shadows when games like Half Life do the same thing with Gman
Well that one was foreshadowed and didn't come three games down the road
We really need a metal gear movie
No, no we don't. It would suck. There's no way it couldn't suck. We really need MGS 1,2,3, and 4 remaster in the fox engine, is what we need.
you can get a movie while the rest of us get a proper game this time
@@BigDaddyWes with kojima gone that cant happen
@@MGrey-qb5xz do you feel the phantom pain?
No
If skullface knew,why bother so much with us? Was he trying to find the real one? Why waste our time with the monologue in the end?
Skull Face 💀 is the Roadie and Naked Snake 🐍 is the Rock Star
Such A Brilliant Analogy Of The Microbe For Our Redcon. Also Since MGS I Learned Just How Big The Team Is In The Background For A Mission Success.
Always S++ Diamond Dog Content. Thanks Boss!
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Your channel has convince me Kojima is one of the greatest and most misunderstood creative geniuses of the century
Everyone switches to Flaming Buffalo when they get her. Who wants to listen to a middle aged man put of breath for 20?🤔
I am still grappling with you saying that microbes are a retcon. Another wonderful analysis
First 30 seconds remind me of a modern humor smh
Your content has really cemented for me my big problem with Kojima's storytelling, especially in mgs 5. He tells structurally simple stories, with incredibly bare-bones messages, but he does it in the most complex roundabout and scattered way possible which gives them the illusion of depth. Just like that hack orwell.
The way the DR said '100 and 8 foreign bodies' instead of '108 foreign bodies' seems a bit strange to me.
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FOX-XOF=NATO-OTAN 😉👍
So Ishmael is skullface??