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The situation seemed a little bit better, now that Rep wasn't a ticking time bomb of feelings and embarrassment and it was all out in the open. The fact that the trio was in some type of polygamy relationship didn't bother Leon in the slightest. Long as it didn't hinder a mission Rep could marry Killer and not a s**t would be given by the boxer. The fact that for the past few months that the ginger stayed out of his face left him time to mellow.

Bygone was not yet bygones, but at least it quelled the urge for Leon to castrate the Sun hunter and feed it to the aforementioned FEAR beast. "Well, hear what you want." he said gruffly and went back to pouring out a meager dose of the ale from the kegspout. All he wanted was to Rep to get out of his sight before that offer he issued earlier was taken.

it was more interesting poking at Melvin's shirt and pretending to mess with his drink that he was watching like a guard dog. "Do i have to card you Melvin?" he asked in jest and tried to put the fellow trainee in a headlock.

It was lucky that Rin was a close friend and taking a minute to think about it, he allowed it. "It's not a chugging drink. Add a little to your cup and keep the tip of the bottle from touching your glass." The last part wasn't a whiskey rule, but just his personal one. He didn't want anything that might have someone else's mouth touching his bottle indirectly.

Then he felt a heavy weight fall on his back and bend his tall frame over. Eyes shot wide as he all but bristled under the sudden contact. "What the - ?!" He quickly tried to jerky away, his goggles going askew as he tried to break free. "Get off me!"

Rin was just barely turning to fetch the perfect glass for such a task as described to her when suddenly Melvin seemed to rise up into the air. Captured in the grips of Leon. She immediately scowled at the man responsible, "What the ******** man?! Put him down Leon, quit being a d**k."

Upon release, Melvin fixed his glasses and then pulled at his clothes to straighten them out. "It's fine just...just don't do that." EVER!

Flustered, he spent a bit too long smoothing out his sleeves and sweater before he stopped himself and glanced up at Leon. The man seemed fine.

"You really get on Rep's nerves. What is that about?" He asked, curious to know about any deep seeded feuds and also wanting to move past the headlock incident. Yup. It was now a incident.

One careful sip was followed by a hefty chug when Melvin decided to pop the question, the sudden rush of beer in his system causing a rough cough. "Well never expected you to ask that." he remarked after catching his breath. He honestly never expected anyone to say that.

First time for everything.

It took a second as the wheels began to turn in his head and the cup was placed back on the counter. "From day one I pegged him as the kind of person we don't need here. I see him as a liability on missions." he explained with a huff.

Again, it was Melvin who asked the probing questions.

Leon had half a mind to pick him back up again.

"Go for it, Before. Just be careful! I haven't opened it yet."

Melvin took his bottle, filling Rin's cup just a little bit, before filling his own cup some more. "You'd send him to a pod? Do you even have that authority? Rep's pretty much done everything to get bad marks from what I hear and he's no where lower than anyone else for it." In fact, he was about to be thrown a bachelor party for his engagement. Guy wasn't really being scolded for past mistakes even though Melvin knew he had been on thin ice before. He wasn't sure what the status was now.

"Have you tried getting him podded before or demoted somehow?" Again, curious. "Or do you just knock skulls with him all the time since making that threat?"