You lack subtlety, as ever.

[Liquid was on the road to Goldenrod, and would shortly be entering it. He wasn't about to tell Otacon that, though, in case the other man tried to detain him in some fashion. He needed to get to Vermillion to see to the lieutenant as soon as possible.]

The problem with your little comparative metaphor, Emmerich, is that even if the apple travels a thousand miles away from its tree, it will still always be an apple. Its seeds will grow into a tree, exactly the same as the one it came from.