Zykov acknowledges a certain truth to the strike team.
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Zykov: My... friend. Today I am not sure if I should call you that. Friendships are built on trust. And I wonder if our trust is broken.
Zykov: You see, just as I speak with you, I have also been in contact with Omega Group.
Zykov: Whether or not you are already aware of this, it would be worse for me to pretend it is not so.
Zykov: Oh, I am not fooling myself. I know what they are. But all of us face a threat that dwarfs your "cold war." The Forsaken is bigger than East and West. Unchecked, he will end you both.
Zykov: Now, Omega has a plan to free me from this place. And I am inclined to accept -- not simply to escape, but to stop the Forsaken. And I can only do that if I return home.
Zykov: So if you no longer wish to be my friend, I understand. Or... if you can bring me home before Omega, so much the better. But whichever side frees me matters less than saving our world from the monster that devoured this one.