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“For Pete’s sake, Maurice,” Juan teased, “it’s not the real stuff”

“Captain, I h”

“Let’s take a look”

Maurice set the container on Kevin’sto remove the lid Juan pried it off and quickly turned his head “Whoa! Did you have to ent?”

“You asked me to make you fake vomit I treated this as I would any dish So smell is as important as appearance and texture”

“Kinda s youthe container in his mop bucket

Maurice threw hi down a rowdy pupil “Mr Trono, if you want anything other than bread and water for the foreseeable future, I would apologize”

“Hey, I liked that dish,” Mike said, backpedaling as fast as he could No one on the Oregon took Maurice’s threats lightly “So what’s in it?”

“The base is pea soup, and the rest of the recipe is a trade secret”

Juan looked at him askance “You’ve done this before?”

“A prank in ht, the captain of a destroyer I was serving on Heprided hi an inspection we poured some of this concoction in his private headaded the remainder of his career”

They all laughed harder than the story warranted, as atension They always played their emotions close to the vest, especially just before an operation, so any chance to vent was seized on immediately

“Will that be all, Captain?”

“Yes, Maurice Thanks”

“You’re welco Dr Huxley as she ic Shop