So that is what the "Snake" is about. I guess I get it now. [He'd been confused by the sheer number of Snakes. He might have been told once before, but not in any context where he registered it as a skill set.]

[Niko does note that "was". Knowing both their luck, maybe it's someone that isn't around anymore. They both come from those sorts of lifestyles.]

Sounds like a good guy. [And like Snake really looked up to him. Niko stoops and offers the dog his knuckles to sniff when they reach him.] What happened to him?