Batou
You and the chief are the only ones out of the whole section whose bodies don't come with a warranty.
A line from Batou
That's all it is: information. Even a simulated experience or a dream; simultaneous reality and fantasy. Any way you look at it, all the information that a person accumulates in a lifetime is just a drop in the bucket.
More lines from Batou
6 quotes Batou
Batou
I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it.
Batou
You're treated like other humans, so stop with the angst.
Batou
Nice indeed. Everything's accounted for, except your old shell.
Batou
Hm... pressure sensitive triggers and a gorgon mine? Or is it a dummy...? Either way, what a waste! I ought'a take it home as a souvenir.
Batou
When I die, since I'm a real skeptic, I'm gonna gripe to the Lord and make sure I get back my original investment when I'm reincarnated...
Scenes with Batou
4 scenes Batou
Got him, huh? Well, the breech and the barrel really screwed up. That's what happens when you use HV bullets in one of these things. Oh yeah.
Fugitive
It's no use arresting me! I'm not talking to you goddamn cops!
Batou
Talk?! And just what are you going to talk about? You don't even know your own name, you stupid dickhead!
Fugitive
Huh?
Major Motoko Kusanagi
Can you remember your mother's name or what she looks like? Or how about where you were born? Don't you have any happy childhood memories? Do you even know who you are?
Fugitive
[no response]
Batou
Ghost-hacked humans are so pathetic, it's a shame. And this poor bastard has been hacked pretty badly.
Batou
Chief, you've ever questioned the ethics of the neural surgeons who monkey around inside your brain?
Chief Aramaki
They undergo psychiatrical evaluations, especially those in security. They're subjected to a stringent screening of their personal lifes. Of course, the ones who check are only human.
Batou
I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it.
Major Motoko Kusanagi
That robot. Did we seem similar to you?
Batou
Of course not.
Major Motoko Kusanagi
No, I don't mean physically.
Batou
Just what, then?
Major Motoko Kusanagi
Well, I guess cyborgs like myself have a tendency to be paranoid about our origins. Sometimes I suspect I am not who I think I am, like maybe I died a long time ago and somebody took my brain and stuck it in this body. Maybe there never was a real me in the first place, and I'm completely synthetic like that thing.
Batou
You've got human brain cells in that titanium shell of yours. You're treated like other humans, so stop with the angst.
Major Motoko Kusanagi
But that's just it, that's the only thing that makes me feel human. The way I'm treated. I mean, who knows what's inside our heads? Have you ever seen your own brain?
Batou
It sounds to me like you're doubting your own ghost.
Major Motoko Kusanagi
What if a cyber brain could possibly generate its own ghost, create a soul all by itself? And if it did, just what would be the importance of being human then?
Major Motoko Kusanagi
What the hell did you use?
Batou
Your standard issue big gun.
