Hershel was a little startled at the strike against the table, glancing up from his gruel to see just how tense and unhappy Heiji was getting. He couldn't imagine how frustrated he was being unable to talk, Heiji was such a communicative person and now he was stuck in a shitty situation having to write and charade out what he wanted to convey. Zero was a god damned asshole, that's Hershel's professional opinion.

He placed his spoon down, pushing the bowl and such away because he had more important things to be focusing on at the moment. "We'll get through it, we always do." He offered before his tone softened. "And Snake's one of the tougher people I've met."

"If there's anything I can do to help either of you- this is going to be a frustrating stretch of time I imagine." Especially with the communication barrier now between Jake and Heiji, not to mention Heiji and Snake. Two people now Heiji would have trouble communicating with, and one of those people was kind of damn important for him to talk to.