"Well, that and..." Now Heiji looked and sounded incredibly unhappy. "I told you I was on your side, right? I'll always be on your side. So I don't understand why ya couldn't just..."

He fell silent for a little while. "I trust you with my life," he said finally. Then he shoved something in Snake's hand. "Here, I wrote something for you. You should read it later."

It was a small piece of paper with a short message on it in Braille. Curious...