[ Snake stands up, arms folded. The fact that Otacon and Liquid had so conveniently snuck off made this all the more frustrating to him. No, it wasn't right to yell at his friend for who he falls in love with, but at the same time... It was obvious the kind of person Liquid would turn out to be. And Snake knew that when the time came for that change, Otacon would be left broken again.

Though, in reality, Otacon was going to wind up broken anyway, wasn't he? Snake was old, meant to die sooner or later. This Liquid was young, healthy, relatively sane, and had earned enough of Otacon's trust to always be by his side.

Snake, however, was close enough that he could be in contact with Otacon via Gear, but lately, not much more than that. Maybe it was fine if he let Otacon do what he wanted. He didn't have to tell Snake who he was dating, what he was doing... It wasn't Snake's business.

The old soldier walked a few steps, digging into his pockets for a cigarette.. once again unable to find one.

Hal and Dave? That's a good one! Maybe we should take a trip to Jupiter.

Snake squinted his eyes somewhat, before pulling up a chair and sitting down, heavyhearted. He looked at Heather. ]


So, why did you stay behind? You could be with them right now. I could let you borrow Solid if you wanted to catch up.