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"Sure." It's sweet to see Felix insisting on giving him a compliment when he's absolutely the one who panicked and nearly cost them this encounter. "Either way, whatever rank he was, he's gone now and that's what matters most. The upper area should be safe now."

It's a truth Jim can latch onto in the moment. Ease his fears hopefully even half as well as Felix's elixir is about to ease the pain in his arm. "Joy..." It smells horrible. But they always do. Jim wrinkles his nose, sucks in a breath to stop himself from smelling it too much, and then drinks as he's told to.

Both Caelus brothers will get to hear him make a rather uncharming half-gag at the second sip but he manages to get it down. Incentive to not get hurt in the first place? Eeeeeeh, not so much, but An Effort was made. Let it not be said that captain Kirk hasn't learned to come prepared though. Once he's handed the bottle back off to Felix he's rummaging in one of his many pockets before fishing out a little container of mints so he can pop one into his mouth to ease the awful flavor out of it.

"Brought enough for everyone," Jim explains around the one he's working in his mouth. "Was told it'd help fight off the worst of the nausea from what we're going to run into down below."