012.25
OTACON
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~3,840
[OTACON
You've found the Holid Eye.
~86,272
[COLD SNAKE
Holid Eye?
~133,888
[OTACON
It's a special eyepiece that's powered by memories of Christmases past.
~311,040
Snake, can you remember your fondest Christmas memories?
~462,848
[COLD SNAKE
Not really. All of my Christmases have been pretty terrible.
~628,224
Last year, all I got was coal.
~711,168
Before that, I accidentally assassinated Saint Nick.
~840,448
[OTACON
That's right.
~888,192
With Saint Nick out of the picture, the Christmas season quickly grew out of favor.
~1,047,552
Christmas spending stopped almost entirely, which put the global economy in a bit of a bind.
~1,271,808
That's when two scientists published their work on Holistic Delusion, or HoliDel...
~1,481,728
... a way of fooling the mind into seeing an idealized version of the past by filtering out the sad blues and sickly greens of the visual field...
~1,809,408
...But compensating with an amplified red component.
~1,937,858
[COLD SNAKE
Rose-tinted glasses, huh?
~2,009,856
[OTACON
Exactly. The Holid Eye is a consumer product using the HoliDel technology.
~2,229,504
[COLD SNAKE
Great, but how's this gonna help with the mission?
~2,336,256
[OTACON
Well, Snake, the Holid Eye is powered by Christmas memories and the compensating effect is much stronger on people with particularly sad Christmas experiences.
~2,782,848
Seeing as you're single-handedly responsible for ending Christmas cheer all around the world...
~2,985,984
I'm guessing your Christmas memories are...
~3,101,184
...Unspeakably haunting...
~3,169,536
...Soul crushing even.
~3,223,296
[COLD SNAKE
Well, when you put it that way...
~3,295,104
[OTACON
In that case, the Holid Eye should OVER-compensate by amplifying not only red light, but infra-red light as well.
~3,637,760
[COLD SNAKE
So I'll be able to see in infrared.
~3,703,296
[OTACON
That's right.
~3,743,744
[COLD SNAKE
...
~3,772,928
[COLD SNAKE
Well, why didn't you just say so in the first place?