Ok, bear with me here.

So it has been pointed out that the extent of Adam Jensen’s augmentations vary between Human Revolution and Mankind Divided: in HR, he’s shown in some graphic or other to have actual human thighs whereas in Mankind Divided’s shower scene we see, obscured somewhat by the misted up shower glass, Adam Jensen’s apparently augmented arse.

If we choose to believe Mankind Divided’s interpretation of Adam’s augs, and I do because MD is awesome, this brings up worrying questions: how does Jensen’s poo chute work? Was there a colostomy bag removed from gameplay at the last moment? Is there perhaps a tube that unfurls like a vacuum hose so he can unload his burden in the field without stopping to sit?

Or are we to believe he simply has a totally organic sphincter situated between glutes of steel? Adam’s Augmentation menu offers no evidence to the contrary. If we are to believe Jensen has no specific anal augmentations, we are left with the worrying question of hygiene.

Firstly, it’s unclear whether Jensen has the capacity to spread his cheeks to minimise smearing—Jensen’s augmentations appear to be a combination of soft synthetic muscle/carbon fibre and hard metal, and the lower legs at least seem to make heavy use of the latter while the arms appear to make use of softer materials. I think we can probably agree that forcing a putrid payload between two hard robuttocks would be messy at best, bad for the prosthetic at worst—perhaps offering an explanation for Gunther’s sticky actuator. Even assuming, however, that Adam has soft, well-sealed buttocks, we are left with the issue of skid marks. Is Adam walking around with daggy dried brown bits on his multi-million dollar hardware? Does he use regular toilet paper? Or did Sarif gift him with a special hydrophobic coating which renders this a non-issue as all unwanted matter slides off without leaving a trace? Given it didn’t exist in Human Revolution, can we conclude Adam’s backside is an experimental augmentation and, if so, is it at risk of overheating his system?

There are many questions yet to be answered about the mystery of Jensen’s augmentations. We can only hope these are addressed in a future installment of the series. Thank you for your time.