Heiji looked away, not quite as angry as he had been a few seconds ago, but clearly not pleased, either. Well, at least it wasn't Sasuke being unable to talk? Heiji was actually extremely expressive.

It wasn't so much that not talking was bothering him -- well, okay, it was totally bothering him. But not being able to interact with the others properly and being cut off from two avenues of communication when it came to Snake was... upsetting.

He looked skeptically at Hershel. Hershel, were you volunteering to read mash notes or something.