The Eighteenth Chapter

[solid_courage]

Something in the air--

I feel like I'm going crazy, and trying to justify it on the environment or the nightmares just doesn't cut it. I shouldn't be contemplating this, but. Guess it just goes to show how weak I am.

Comments

[returnzero]

What gives you the idea you're weak?

[solid_courage]

I've been thinking.

[returnzero]

About?

[solid_courage]

Drinking.

[speakofthedead]

My boy, you are not weak at all. Jack's reasons may have been a little misguided, but you turned out to be a fine man.
...Would you like to help me find a gag?

[solid_courage]

Yeah. And rope.

[lightningreborn]

You're not weak at all, Snake.

[solid_courage]

I'm already sorry that I wasn't able to prevent what happened to you in the future, Raiden. Maybe you wouldn't have ended up like Fox if I had intervened.

[lightningreborn]

... It's not your fault. I just wasn't good enough.

1/2

[solid_courage]

You were always good enough. A little overeager, but you were strong. And you still are.

[dollhouse_keys]

That's not weakness, Snake.

[solid_courage]

Oh? I was under the impression that any form of addiction constituted as a weakness.

[dollhouse_keys]

Addiction? To what?

[solid_courage]

Nothing Alcohol.

[standsonhands]

You're not!

[solid_courage]

I am.

[standsonhands]

No you're not! You're the strongest person I know, Snake...

[solid_courage]

'Person'? That's funny.