"Wha... why're you bringin' Osaka into this?" Goddammit Snake, didn't you know how deep Heiji's hometown pride ran? Now there was no way to back out of this!

He edged cautiously toward Snake. Well, at least Snake already had his eyes closed -- although they were always closed anyway, so it was basically just business as usual. And they were about the same height, so he couldn't really stall by having Snake bend down, either. "Fine, jeez, hold your horses a second...! You're so impatient..."

Once he was reasonably close, Heiji started to strategize at a feverish pace. Maybe if he went in at an angle... should he lean left or right? Hmm...