what the fuck

thinking about the ending where kodiak has a mind break and unknowingly kills them both.

the made for war upbringing is finally shown in this section when he fights ambrose for trying to stop him from destroying supplies. ambrose admits he isnt built to fight kodiak, and while he doesnt like it, ends up letting OS knock kodiak out mid-outburst.

even after that, ambrose still tries his damndest to help kodiak so they can work through it together like the other clones had. but something mustve happened with This kodiak that didnt to the previous or future ones, because he just /cant/ accept it.

hes convinced himself that its all an elaborate trick, because he cant accept that his life as a clone is inherently false and a lie. i would love to know what interactions kodiak went through before his break just to see exactly how this one divulged so heavily from every other ideration we see of kodiak.

the other idea is that even changing slightly how ambrose goes about telling kodiak after the initial pair figure out could /so easily/ lead to kodiak giving into fear and fighting the truth. which is arguably more terrifying, that the potential was there all along and the others just got lucky.