"No, 'cause you care about that girl so much, you were willing to go that far. Only if she was that important to you, ya think she'd get all bent out of shape just 'cause you lost your memory? She stuck by you after you lost all that other stuff; she'd be over the moon just to see you alive. If you end up dead, I bet she'll be cryin' her heart out, damn!"

"And the way you keep saying all this stuff about people havin' to put up with you and being useless... the heck is that about? You think it's impossible people just like havin' you around? No wonder you got that attitude!" In other words, Heiji was alternately angry at Snake for taking the risk, worried about him and Ema, upset that he saw the need to pull this stunt, and mad at himself for having lent the knife to Snake in the first place.