[ Given that Snake's general strategy, particularly when meeting new people, is to come across as neutral, he recognizes it in this man too. An emotional outburst about his situation isn't going to change anything, so why take the energy? That's how Snake's always viewed it, anyway. Maybe it's the same for this guy.
His first comment earns a shrug. It hadn't necessarily been meant as a comfort, but it did give the stranger the option to commiserate with other people if that's what he wanted to do. Although just from this first impression, Snake's going to guess that isn't likely. ]
Or the Styx? Yeah, well, I didn't say everyone. The Ingress is able to resurrect people when they die here, but it's not like everyone here has managed to get themselves killed. [ Yet. ]
You were talking about something that happened before you got here, though, weren't you. [ It's not a question, not really, but he says it with a curious tilt of his head. Snake's observational skills are pretty sharp, and this guy is obviously new. There's no way he'd managed to get himself killed here already, which leaves only one other option. ]
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His first comment earns a shrug. It hadn't necessarily been meant as a comfort, but it did give the stranger the option to commiserate with other people if that's what he wanted to do. Although just from this first impression,
Snake's going to guess that isn't likely. ]
Or the Styx? Yeah, well, I didn't say everyone. The Ingress is able to resurrect people when they die here, but it's not like everyone here has managed to get themselves killed. [ Yet. ]
You were talking about something that happened before you got here, though, weren't you. [ It's not a question, not really, but he says it with a curious tilt of his head. Snake's observational skills are pretty sharp, and this guy is obviously new. There's no way he'd managed to get himself killed here already, which leaves only one other option. ]