[last lines]
Major Motoko Kusanagi: I wonder where I'll go now. The net is vast and infinite.
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Puppet Master: A copy is just an identical image. There is the possibility that a single virus could destroy an entire set of systems and copies do not give rise to variety and originality. Life perpetuates itself through diversity and this includes the ability to sacrifice itself when necessary. Cells repeat the process of degeneration and regeneration until one day they die, obliterating an entire set of memory and information, only genes remain. Why continually repeat this cycle? Simply to survive by avoiding the weaknesses of an unchanging system.
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Major Motoko Kusanagi, Puppet Master: And where does the newborn go from here? The net is vast and infinite.
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Major Motoko Kusanagi, Puppet Master: When I was a child, my speech, feelings, and thinking were all those of a child. Now that I am a man, I have no more use for childish ways.
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Bat?: [on radio] So what's the latest word on your "Puppet Master"?
Bat?: [pause as the chief watches the witness on monitor] Chief? Are you there? Come in...
Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki: He's only a puppet himself...
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Major Motoko Kusanagi: I mean, have you ever actually seen your brain?
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Puppet Master: Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you.
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Bat?: Your standard-issue Big Gun.
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Project 2501: As a sentient lifeform, I hereby demand political asylum.
Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki: Is this a joke?
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Puppet Master: It can also be argued that DNA is nothing more than a program designed to preserve itself. Life has become more complex in the overwhelming sea of information. And life, when organized into species, relies upon genes to be its memory system. So, man is an individual only because of his intangible memory... and memory cannot be defined, but it defines mankind.
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Major Motoko Kusanagi: You talk about redefining my identity. I want a guarantee that I can still be myself.
Puppet Master: There isn't one. Why would you wish to? All things change in a dynamic environment. Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you.
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Bat?: There's nothing sadder than a puppet without a ghost, especially the kind with red blood running through them.
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Major Motoko Kusanagi: If a technological feat is possible, man will do it. Almost as if it's wired into the core of our being.
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Major Motoko Kusanagi: If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable, and there's always more than one way to view a situation. What's true for the group is also true for the individual. It's simple: Overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death.
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