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The days have been long and hard. With a couple of hunters out of commission for a bit, the infirmary needed a few extra hands. It meant more time in the sterilized area, assisting with supplies for the nurses and medics and pouring time over the vitals and nutrition while they were under care. The time it took to do such things were long, the sleep cycle he had was shifted, later and dug into his workout time.

He was sure the stress added 1% of body fat on him.
He was glad to get out of the wing of medicine, the need to fill his stomach was insatiable, more of less due to the persistent dragon that demanded sustenance. The sight of Melvin, with a cup of coffee and toast in had seemed pitiful. "you look like crap." There was no hiding it, and t was far too early to sugarcoat anything, or too late, depending how you looked at it.

The mere piece of toast wouldn't do much for him, opting for the traditional cup of tea and putting an egg to boil, washing some strawberries and grapes before collecting everything and sitting down with the grumpy scientist. "Take one." he nudged Melvin, offering a grape. "A grape for your thoughts?"

"They used to put two coins over the departed as payment to cross the river styx, what good did mortal currency do for them, I wonder?" Leon fired back and put a few more of the washed pieces of fruit over toward the grumpy life member. "The grape is there to nourish your body, while I figure out what's plaguing your mind, now eat." he ordered, holding up another one for Melvin to take.

It was odd to see him in such a sour mood, the boxer didn't believe the scientist had such a dark side. "I just finished my shift in the infirmary. More importantly, what eating you?" trying to push the conversation back to where he wanted to go, on Melvin, he took a bite of his egg.

Melvin would never try and make him talk with his mouth full.

Melvin might have been grumpy, but he was still open to eating right. Leon took it as a sign that he could be helped. "If you want me to stroke your hair while you're eating from my hand, then I think you have a fetish that needs to be explored at a different time."

When that time was, he honestly didn't know, just that it didn't involve him, right here and right now.

The following question gave him great pause, taking a hesitant sip of cup of tea to clear his throat. "Well, i'm not exactly a team player Melvin, and its effects are very easily seen." it was indeed a sensitive subject, but Melvin was the one that tried to talk to him and work through it. "I may have to get along with him, and be open to co-operate with the person, but I made it clear that I will never trust rep with my life." not exactly the conversation he was hoping to have with Melvin, so he offered another grape. "I'll just have to live with the choice that I made. Why do you ask?"

"Don't waste food Melvin, someone out there would have been glad for that grape." he scolded, picking up the discarded grape and putting it in the garbage. Melvin had a few and that was enough for him, the rest could go for his own stomach as he popped them into his mouth, one at a time while listening to Melvin.

It was a scenario to think about, that was sure. rep was a loose cannon with an axe. It took some time to ponder and chew before finding his voice. "I would imagine that he would get the shackles again, the cuffs that locked off his power after he killed that citizen last time, possibly worse." Leon reasoned, it didn't even dawn that the scientist might not have known about that tidbit but continued on. "Allan would probably spout that he is disappointing in nakama or something and Cealius would probably give no ********> he paused.

"No probably, Caelius WOULD give no ******** didn't want to give Melvin false info about that. "Rep's history, I only know a few tidbits that he did, And mark would have a more in depth file on him."

The idea of having to go visit "Mr. Awesome" was already leaving him in physical pain.

"If you wax on his ego, I'm sure you might be able to get something out of him." The a** kissing of Mark that he witness on twitter was more than enough for his own tastes. "Just don't forget to use the word 'awesome.'" It was very important.

Melvin, wanted to know more, he was super curious today. "All I know is that when he came here, he was super sexist, now hes only moderate in my opinion. That he killed a citizen and was punished for it and I heard a rumor that he may have injured a hunter a while back. I'm not sure if he was punished for that, if it is true." he began listing them off for Melvin, he struck the boxer as the type of guy who'd like bullet points. "That's all I know, other than his instigation during that last visit to the Haunted House with another hunter, but why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

The fact that Melvin might have been lying at wake at night, about REP? that made him worried. "Did he touch you?" Leon was quickly wondering if he should get the doll from the S.A.E. Kit.

Just point out on the doll where Rep touched you Mel, and no , leon won't kiss the boo boo.

He wasn't going to judge Melvin, or that tone of voice that made him think the guy was clearly lying. He made a mental note to watch how Melvin watched. Just in case "If you say so." he replied back with the cluck of his tongue, dropping that topic.

The tea was starting to get cold, the lukewarm beverage that made his facial features drop as Melvin began to add to the list of offenses. "Oh so it wasn't an arm, just a hand." that was noted. How Rin could let that slide was beyond his own reasoning. Well, as long as it wasn't one of his own he figured.

But for how long, Rep was a potential danger. "I just want someone to knock some sense into the lunatic." Or just to be able to walk in the room and not feel disgust just by his presence would be nice as well. The tiny plate and its meal was pushed aside for now, till he got his appetite back. "If it helps, I won't kill you Melvin, thought I cant say the same about putting you in a headlock."

This is friendship Melvin, his friendship.

"only those I care about Melvin."

Melvin really did love his friendships, while he himself had so little here. "You're trying, better than most." Better than me. The conversations drew on and the tea continued to chill. The egg was finished and the grapes were eaten, all for the one that Melvin violated.

The idea of putting rep in the medbay was an interesting notion, it had the boxer scratching his chin in thought. "Do you really think it would teach him? you know him better than I, but really would that teach Rep anything?" tilting his head at the blondie, questioning him with his eyes. "Do you?"