Diane Sawyer - Forever Young

[Scene: A quiet jungle clearing at night. Crickets chirp. Solid Snake, crouched beside a fire, talks into his codec.]

Solid Snake (low, reflective voice):
You know, I’ve seen a lot of death in my time. Men chasing immortality through war, technology, genetics… But they never stop to ask what it really means to live forever.

They talk about telomerase like it’s the Holy Grail—an enzyme that repairs telomeres, those little caps at the ends of our DNA. Every time a cell divides, those caps get shorter. That’s aging. But with telomerase, you can keep them from wearing down. In theory… no aging. No end.

Sounds like something out of a Patriots black project, right?

But eternal life through science—it’s always a double-edged sword. Cloning. Bio-enhancements. The Les Enfants Terribles Project… I’m living proof that just because you can extend life doesn’t mean you should.

Still, there’s something else I’ve been thinking about… something simpler.
Psalm 133 says,
"Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity."
That’s real life. Real longevity. Brotherhood. Peace. Something the battlefield never gave me.

And then there’s John 3:16…
"For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Not through cloning. Not through nanomachines. But through love. Sacrifice. Faith.

Maybe the real code to eternal life isn’t written in our genes… but in how we treat each other. How we live. How we forgive.

Codec out.

[Static. Snake lights a cigarette, eyes on the horizon.]