"Ah, well, Snake is rather... direct." Polite way of putting it. When Heiji went a little more downtrodden Hershel tried patting his arm. "I can see why you're so agitated then. I'm sure he'll be alright, he's a tough one, but if you like I could try talking to him about being more careful in the future. I doubt it will help much coming from me but maybe hearing it on more than one side will mean something."

That was the best he could offer to do, at least. And in the meantime, tsunderes. "Ah, well yes, basically." That's one way of putting it. "Kuzuryuu was a funny one, wasn't he? Half the time you needed to read between the lines to see how he really felt." Tsun.