"Alright. I'll come get you if I find where he's hiding, alright? If he's not up here, down we go." He nodded, flipped his knife around a bit, and pointed it towards the stairs.

"If I'm not back in a reasonable amount of time, I've been systematically destroying these guys and I'll be back in a bit." Confident, it seemed.

And so there went Liquid Snake, taking a couple of knives and fists to a gunfight. Alone. And he was perfectly alright with that.

Still, he paused before heading up, one foot on the stair in front of him, as he turned to look back at Niko. "You alright? Not down here, I mean, I know you'll be fine. You've proven the hell out of that. You just seem a bit on-edge."