Zato: Wh... what?! What the hell does this mean?? My shadow is... moving by itself!? I... I didn't give you any orders! B... back! Get back!
Shadow: It's too late... you can't control me any longer. Nevertheless, I owe you a certain degree of thanks for... incubating me.
Zato: Am I going mad!? My shadow is speaking!
Shadow: Ha! You thought you could manipulate me forever!? Gears weren't the only weapon developed by the ancient military complex. We were also created... self-aware life-forms with indeterminate shape.
Zato: This cannot be! You're not alive! You're my shadow! I used the forbidden arts to trade my sight for control over you...!
Shadow: So easily fooled! Some humans know we exist, though they regard us with derision. In fact, we're the more evolved lifeform!
Zato: ...Ha, ha, ha... So... you fooled me completely... Ha, ha, ha... how amusing... heh... heh, heh... N... NO!! I don't want to die! Somebody... help me!!
Shadow: Heh, heh... Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you. We can't move on our own... we're parasites. We need people with weak and fragile minds... criteria you fit perfectly!
Zato: AARRGH...!
Shadow: Heh heh heh heh heh!!
—Zato-1's ending, Guilty Gear
