Hershel glanced at Heiji a moment, still a little amused as he turned back to Snake and answered. "Well... it wasn't exactly hard to spot, if you were paying attention." He admitted.

"I mean Heiji was as obvious as you could get-" Friendship. You're welcome Heiji. "-but Snake, you were so... defensive, I suppose? With everyone for a very long time, maybe even now. Not with Heiji, not in the same way, so..." He trailed off, well there you have it. "I'm really very happy for you both, I'm glad something good has come out of all this."