Looking Ahead

After her initial surprise upon seeing Aldrin already close to recovering in just a few hours, Irina had no choice but to accept that reality even if it was a bit incomprehensible. The most important thing was that he woke up fine.

She gave up on checking him and just stared at him straight, hoping to get an answer from him. "You. I heard from our Instructor. How did you even decide to fight someone like that? You're lucky you came out alive."

"Perhaps it's because I have a higher-than-normal survival instinct." Aldrin joked an answer.

Irina dismissed that with a shrug though before giving him a piece of her mind. She's at least worried about him when she saw him tattered like that. "Yeah, right. If everyone can survive a mortal wound with one's survival instinct, doctors won't be a neat profession anymore."

"I'll tell you about it but can I first ask what happened while I'm unconscious?"