[Hal sighs and begins explaining the basics of what had happened, pausing at the point where his world diverges from the more "normal" ones.]

In my world, you won. Snake was c-crushed under REX...[His knuckles turn white with his grip on the cocoa mug] I was caught and locked back in my lab. H-Hardly saw anyone for a month, just the guards changing. Eventually, I agreed to help Liquid, convinced myself I loved him, even.