*Why had he felt the need to do something so suicidal? Oh right, because if left to his own devices, Heiji would have gotten mangled up by the robots. Especially with how one of them tried to hammer Snake into jelly. So it was quite logical to lead them away.*

*Of course it did nothing to explain Heiji's multiple emotions in his voice or the way he was fussing over Snake. Or the fact that Snake felt on the verge of realizing something. He could feel his heart in his throat but kept his tone calm.* Well really, Heiji, I wasn't about to fight them all myself. Just to lead them away to let you work on the screens. By the way, did you manage to figure out what they were?