[Not shattered, maybe, but certainly cracked.]

I'm not joking, Heather. I'm not what he wants.

[He wanted his brother, and if Snake had been young and strong as he was in Otacon's world, the engineer wouldn't have given Liquid a second glance. Liquid was an acceptable substitute, what Hal could settle for now that the superior wasn't available.]

[He had always been just a substitute.]