"Oh, I'll stitch you up without waiting for the anaesthetic next time then." Guppy says, rolling his eyes.

He sorts out Gene's wound with neat stitches. He's good at what he does, and there shouldn't be more than a tiny scar when it heals.

"You need to lay off the booze tonight as well. Same reason I gave him. Booze equals more bleeding, more swelling, more pain, longer recovery time."

He picks up the scanner. "Now, you've seen it on Travis so you know it doesn't hurt, so are you going to let me scan you and make sure you've got nothing nasty going on?"