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30th treasure [text]

Hey, tell me about your best friend.
Or best friends, I'm not picky.
Are they an absolute saint that would stay by your side even if you started eating babies? A complete dick you feel like punching one day out of two? Are they good at convincing you to do really stupid things?
Are they here? Do you want them here?

Or you can just ignore my drunken questions and rambling, that works too.

Happy birthday, you idiot.

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He's a huge nerd. Naive, childish... But he's suffered a lot of hardships. You couldn't meet a more pitiful guy, really.

But he's my friend. We've been through hell together, and I'd do anything for him. And I know he'd do the same for me. I have no idea what he's talking about most times, but we understand each other. We're the only ones in the world that get each other.

I think sometimes he still dreams and longs for a normal life. Finding love, growing old together, that kind of thing. I can see it in his eyes whenever we all sit together and laugh... But there's no place for me in that kind of world. And I think he knows that, too.

So instead of being happy somewhere, he chooses to stick with me. It really means a lot.

[ Snake may also be drunk, he's not usually this open. ]

He chose you over the happiness that comes with the rest of the world? That's one true friend you have there. The kind of friend that most people never even get the chance to meet.

[Wasn't that what Zeheart did, in the end? Choose someone's dream instead of the normal life he wanted?

...Then again, the person Zeheart had chosen had not been Asemu, and it had not been Romary, either. And that choice had gotten him killed.]

It must mean a lot to him too, if he's willing to make that choice.

I don't know if he could find happiness in the world after meeting me. After what we've been through, it's hard to live a normal life. I've tried it, and I couldn't do it. I just started to rot away in seclusion, until he came for me.

We both realized we were useless unless we were fighting... But this time we weren't going to fight on someone else's behalf. We were doing it on our own terms. We were nobody's tools.

I'm sure there are days he wishes he could just live a normal, happy life. Hell, I do too. But we can't.

And we know that.

...Maybe the two of you can't have a normal life. But even if it involves fighting, even if it keeps you apart from the rest of the world, it can still be happy, right? Especially since it's on your own terms, and you're not alone.

Having someone at your side can make even the most terrible situation bearable, after all. From what I've seen, at least.

Yeah, that's true.

If Otacon weren't around, I'd be back in Alaska drinking myself to death. I'm sure of it.

It's good that you met him, then. That's not the kind of death anyone should have.

Yeah, I doubt I'll be dying all alone. Even if I insisted, he'd ignore that. Even if he knows I'll be going long before him.

Stubbornly staying there for you until the end... He must have a very strong- well, 'heart' isn't quite the word I'm looking for, but it's the closest I can find.

He does.

I'm glad to have met him.

If one considers even half the things you just mentioned, I'd say the feeling is mutual.

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