Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-107.167.112.74-20170228120401/@comment-25936766-20170412173041

ChishioKunrin wrote: 1-We all know Jeff Williams' grammar isn't great...

2-"Defile as in ruin the appearance and purity of something" can come across as meaning that Marcus is the reason Mercury has prosthetic legs - he ruined Mercury's legs in some manner. 1-True enough.

2-Or maybe Merc ruined them himself. But here's where one must apply logic:

1) Merc is a kick fighter, not a fist fighter.

2) Merc appeared some steps in front of his dad's corpse, with bloodied bandages on his knees, and somewhat exhausted. IIRC his house was burning too.

3) Merc doesn't mind the metal legs.

If Marcus ever broke Merc's legs, Merc would've died; I doubt Marcus the Hashashin would've been merciful if Merc tried to kill him.

His legs were injured, definitely, but seemingly not enough to stop him from killing Marcus and standing up. Which means they weren't ruined per se.

So, I think Marcus didn't ruin Merc's legs. Maybe he did injure them, or maybe Merc hurt his own knees by accident one way or another. But his legs were not broken beyond repair or even beyond usefulness.

Merc likely chose the leg augmentations himself, for the sake of effectiveness, especially since those won't break so easily.