[...Note to self. If you ever get home, make sure that Hal is using those nanos with the full health inhancers, including the mood stabilizers.]

[...And also tell Raiden to be on alert. Just in case.]

[........Sunny, too.]

...............Hal. Why in the world are you blaming yourself for bad reactions to drugs.

Or becoming depressed. [Because of ...Other-him.]

It's like blaming yourself for not being able to will away a broken bone by sheer willpower. Just stop.

[It would be nice if he could actually make certain younger alternates of his believe this. No, he knows that that probably isn't happening, but.]

[If anybody could see into the old man's mindscape at the moment, it would look quite strange indeed, because Dave is sitting on top of a box he just stuffed Snake in. He just couldn't deal with the cold coiling ferocity, at the moment.]

[They would deal with this.]

......And your Sunny and Jack wouldn't even know you were gone, right? Unless they came here, too. You abandoned nobody.

[Sits down on the sand, getting at eye level with Hal.]

[Is seriously considering going around the medical facilities here to see if they have any up-to-date (from his point of origin) nanos. This Hal looks like he could use them.]

It's all right. Let it go. Just heal.