"Actually," said Heiji, making a swatting motion with his right hand, "Snake deflected it. At least that's what he said, and I don't have any reason to doubt him. It sounds kinda nuts, but... yeah, I dunno. If his timing had been off just a little bit..."

And even if the timing hadn't been off, it had been incredibly lucky that the blade hadn't had the spin required to cut into Snake's hand anyway. Those things were sharp and throwing them at people was ILL-ADVISED.

He waved a hand. "Nah, it's fine, it's fine. You mean for the robot thing, right? Yeah, I got a memory back. I remembered the time I got kidnapped."