Fortunately, Snake wasn’t the sort who was easily offended… or ruffled. He’s met far more than his fair share of creatures; not all have been friendly. Does he blame them? Not at all. Humans can be dangerous. Maybe not one lone human (Snake has no ideas about hunters), but if enough of them found out about the non-humans living among them? Well, that could be a problem for them.

“Okay. I won’t do that again.” Nor is going to ask Nam’s preferred mode of address just in case it seems like he’s prying for the other’s name.