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    “I’m still fuckin’ breathin’, sir,” Johnny slurs, like speaking is getting the best of him, “‘nd so’re you.”

    “But you almost weren’t, and that’s bad enough. Price is nuts-deep in the paperwork you caused him even now. Be prepared for an earful the second you’re cleared from medical.”

    “Even now? Ghost, how long was I out?”

    “Eleven days. You lost a kidney. You almost lost your life.” Those eleven days may as well have been eleven lifetimes. “You almost crashed twice. Your heart’s in rough shape from the tissue swelling around it. How many times do you need to be told to follow your goddamn orders?”

    Soap smiles weakly and opens his eyes a crack. The whites of them are very faintly yellowed, but his irises are as blue as ever. He gives Ghost’s hand as much of a squeeze as he can muster, which isn’t much given how out of it he still is. “I wouldn’t be half the man I am if I always followed orders.”

    Ghost hates that Soap’s right.

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