missions, allowing Quiet to demonstrate her skills and prove her loyalty to her new team. Ocelot relayed his understanding of Quiet's motives as being "in love with the legend", which he likens to his own fixation over Big Boss when he was younger.

When he was younger, Ocelot appeared to show patriotism toward Russia, always speaking up in defiance of Volgin's reckless killing of their fellow countrymen. He claimed to have no good feelings after killing KGB soldiers guarding Sokolov when he first confronted Big Boss, even with his affiliation to GRU, and he looked genuinely shocked when Volgin launched the Davy Crockett at Sokolov's research facility. Despite ultimately having no lasting loyalty to Russia, Ocelot nonetheless did lament her state after the fall of the Soviet Union.[13]

In hisearlier years as a GRU major, Ocelot originally did not approve of the torture used by his superior Colonel Volgin. He was also dead set against killing his own comrades, especially his own fellow countrymen. However, after witnessing Volgin's torture sessions with Granin and Naked Snake in Groznyj Grad, he developed a fondness for the practice, believing it to be "the ultimate form of expression." He would go on to torture many individuals in a similar manner throughout his career, often with a preference for the application of electrical shocks. Despite being a renowned sadist, he dismissed the word "torture" in reference to his interrogation techniques.[31] His sadism was such that Liquid Snake, while disguised as Master Miller, referred to Ocelot as being a "real sick puppy" in