Doctor Hurt Part 2

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Rinji: To your health, heavens know you need it. [Tapped beer mugs.]

Chio: Cheers. [Drank his beer along with his captain.]

The two of them sat across from each other in the very early hours of the morning, when everyone else was asleep. Ellis turned the ship's gunroom into her own doctor's office, effectively kicking Gonzo out of it so that he had to move all of his tools and weapons into his and Chio's room. It wasn't the easiest transition, but it could have been worse.

Chio: Yep, I'm experiencing some serious de ja vu right now, I seemed to be in crutches last time we had one of our little table sessions when we escaped that other hell we came from.

Rinji: Mewhahahahaha! Yes, yes, but this time, you beat some sense into someone who truly needed it. Without that, we probably wouldn't have made it through all of those giants.

Chio: No, Rinji, you're missing the issue here. We didn't do anything. We didn't get back the devil fruit, we didn't catch Jossu, and we let that faceless bastard get away.

Rinji: [Nodding at all of this.] You can't win them all. Given the circumstances, I think we did the best we could. I think the issue here is that you weren't able to get back at that bastard first.

Chio scoffed at this, and downed more of his beer, grabbing a bottle beside him and refilling it.

Chio: That bastard was the one who pinned Lieutenant on me too, even went so far as to step promote me from an Ensign.

Rinji: Yes, it's the Marines' own damn fault that all of this happened in the first place. If they didn't have their heads up their asses, they could have stopped this when you warned them about it during your Court Martial. There was nothing you could do, Chio. Now he's dead, and you live to fight another day. [Raised his glass to Chio once more.] And so you will.

Chio: [Nodded a little, and tapped glasses with him once again.] So when will we be shoving off? [Drank some more.]

Rinji: [Belch.] We have a little bit more to do here on Fringe before we get going. So probably tomorrow night.

Chio: More to do? We got supplies and ammo. What more is there?

Rinji: [Grinned a very fangy smile.] Mewhahahahaahaha!