I'd like to preface this post by stating that I believe the baby is a representation of the player, the Homo Ludens. I will refer to the baby as Lu from this point on since Kojima Productions named the baby props LU#1 and LU#2. Most of this post will be based on a few choice tweets from Kojima Productions.
In Trailer 2, 3 and 4 we've seen 3 different people connected to Lu's pod. Guillermo in Trailer 2, Claude (the older CDT 6 member played by Claude Patrick) in Trailer 3 and Sam in Trailer 4. In Trailer 2, Guillermo connected to Lu when the general area was flooded by the black water which was a sign of the presence of BT (chiral entities). We know Claude was connected to Lu in Trailer 3 because he could see the BT and was firing at them on top of the flappy arm device being able to react to the BT (that and he removed the connection to throw Lu's pod at Sam). In Trailer 4, Sam connects to Lu and confirms that the flappy arm device is Lu's interface to point out BT to Sam and being connected to Lu allows Sam to see the BT.
This connection is the trance connection, which is a bond formed between Lu and its carrier when said carrier connects themselves with Lu's pod. The bond is a telepathic link between two individuals which allows for the carrier to see what Lu sees and share its thoughts, thus in essence enabling the carrier and Lu to become one mind, sharing consciousness in a kind of gestalt, kind of like the Vulcan mind melding in Star Trek. But since Lu is a Homo Ludens it is a meeting of chiral hands.
When I say a meeting of chiral hands I mean it in the nature of the Gassho ritual gesture in Buddhism which is also known as AΓ±jali MudrΔ. The Gassho is a gesture made as a greeting, in gratitude, or to make a request. It can also be used as a mudra--a symbolic hand gesture used during meditation. Mudra, which are often depicted in Buddhist art and used in practice to evoke a particular state of mind which are done with either one hand where it is known as asamyuta or with both hands where it is known as samyuta.
In the most common form of gassho used in Japanese Zen, the hands are pressed together, palm to palm in front of one's face. Fingers are straight. There should be about a fist's distance between one's nose and one's hands. Fingertips should be the same distance from the floor as one's nose. Elbows are held slightly away from the body.
And has been mentioned before, the gassho is used in greeting and you might know the most common use of it; "Namaste." According to our dear friend Wikipedia however the terms "te and tvam" are an informal, familiar form of "you" in Sanskrit, and it is typically not used for unfamiliar adults. It is reserved for someone familiar, intimate, divine or a child.
The gesture is used for both greetings and farewells, but carries a deeper significance than a simple "hello" or "goodbye". It is symbolic of the Dharma, the truth about life. For instance, we place together our right and left hand, which are opposites. It represents other opposites as well: you and me, light and dark, ignorance and wisdom, life and death. The joining together of the palms is said to provide connection between the right and left hemispheres of the brain and represents unification.
If we as the baby mind meld with Sam this would explain what Norman Reedus recounted during the SDCC 2016 interview with MTV about an exchange he had with Kojima:
We were talking about this last night, I had dinner with him last night with his team and that guy he's such a genius. And I'm just doing whatever he says and he's like:
"We're gonna make people cry," and I'm like:
"For a video game?" and he was like:
"Yep." And I go:
"Playing me?" And he goes:
"No, they'll be you."
-Norman Reedus, full interview here.
Here are the tweets from KojiPro about chirality.
https://twitter.com/KojiPro2015_EN/status/1012638447272583168
https://twitter.com/KojiPro2015_EN/status/1012651659174920192
https://twitter.com/KojiPro2015_EN/status/1012659916941635585
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