This really wasn't a conversation Fox ever expected he'd have, and he listened silently while Big Boss spoke, about Zanzibar, and about Natasha. It felt like so long ago that he'd loved Natasha, and then what had happened in Zanzibar... he still felt as though it was entirely his fault, it was his fault she'd gotten into military affairs. Talking about this, hearing Big Boss say it, was like being dropped into icy water, there was a little bit of pain and shock before numbness managed to set in so he could deal with it.

"I knew, going in, that it would probably be our last battle one way or another," Fox hadn't been very optimistic about his chances of surviving when he'd decided to go to Zanzibar, but he'd never given up on fighting to win, to live. "I've also accepted that men like us don't have a chance at a normal life, especially if there's a woman involved... I shouldn't have gotten involved with a civilian, it was my fault she was there, but I don't regret going to Zanzibar, or what I did there." Poor Natasha, so beautiful and graceful and she'd gone into Zanzibar because she had loved him. "I thought that we'd be together, again, when the dust settled and we were all in the after life, but they just won't let us rest in peace. I'm glad I can be here for you, Boss."