[Sorry, Snake. Hal really doesn't like being touched. The man sighs then sits down in the sand, the waves gently caressing his toes. He crosses his arms and places his elbows on his knees, resting his chin on his lower right arm.]
... That was a pretty good summary of it.
A few months after y - David's death, it was just a normal day. I... was still seeing the world in shades of gray but I actually had gotten myself out of the house to pick up my new prescription. So, you know, I took it and uh... I - I didn't react well. Next thing I knew I felt so thirsty and no matter how much water I drank, I - I couldn't replenish myself. Nothing in the refrigerator seemed to help either so I opened up a cabinet with the alcohol we mostly used for cooking or special events. And I drank... And I just couldn't stop...
Then I started thinking... about... everything and the past and well, just, thoughts. And I reached for the knife and I ---
[And there's a long pause in which Hal slowly closes his mouth.]
Jack was the one who found me. I-I'm glad he stopped Sunny from seeing me there on the floor.
I, uh, woke up a few weeks later in the hospital.
[Hal sighs again and tucks his face into his arms a small amount.]
How could I.... How could I have been so selfish? What would have happened to Sunny if I wasn't there? [His voice is trembling but no tears are on his face. He hugs his legs closer to himself, going further into a fetal position.]
[Emmerich trembles and embraces himself tighter. He's more ashamed than anything that he had pushed himself to that point. But he knows Snake can probably relate - the man had almost committed suicide himself, although for different reasons... Maybe Dave wouldn't understand then.]
Re: Of course. ^^
... That was a pretty good summary of it.
A few months after y - David's death, it was just a normal day. I... was still seeing the world in shades of gray but I actually had gotten myself out of the house to pick up my new prescription. So, you know, I took it and uh... I - I didn't react well. Next thing I knew I felt so thirsty and no matter how much water I drank, I - I couldn't replenish myself. Nothing in the refrigerator seemed to help either so I opened up a cabinet with the alcohol we mostly used for cooking or special events. And I drank... And I just couldn't stop...
Then I started thinking... about... everything and the past and well, just, thoughts. And I reached for the knife and I ---
[And there's a long pause in which Hal slowly closes his mouth.]
Jack was the one who found me. I-I'm glad he stopped Sunny from seeing me there on the floor.
I, uh, woke up a few weeks later in the hospital.
[Hal sighs again and tucks his face into his arms a small amount.]
How could I.... How could I have been so selfish? What would have happened to Sunny if I wasn't there? [His voice is trembling but no tears are on his face. He hugs his legs closer to himself, going further into a fetal position.]
[Emmerich trembles and embraces himself tighter. He's more ashamed than anything that he had pushed himself to that point. But he knows Snake can probably relate - the man had almost committed suicide himself, although for different reasons... Maybe Dave wouldn't understand then.]