He laughs, big and loud enough that a few heads turn his way. "The first time I was on one of those islands I thought I was going to sweat out of my clothes," he says, leaning across the counter a little like he's confiding some big secret. "Talk about miserable.
"I'm not a nature guy," he continues, "but yeah, there's a lot of wild stuff in jungles like that. One time, I stuck my foot in my boot without checking it and got bit by some spider that had moved in overnight. Hurt so bad I could barely walk; my mates had to carry my ass to medical so I could get the antivenom."
He tells the story with a grin, able to look back on it as just a misadventure, but it had actually been pretty scary at the time. If he hadn't been a citizen of the most medically advanced society on the planet (...as far as he knows!), and able to get treated immediately, this story might have been more of a cautionary tale.
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Date: 2025-12-06 04:26 am (UTC)From:"I'm not a nature guy," he continues, "but yeah, there's a lot of wild stuff in jungles like that. One time, I stuck my foot in my boot without checking it and got bit by some spider that had moved in overnight. Hurt so bad I could barely walk; my mates had to carry my ass to medical so I could get the antivenom."
He tells the story with a grin, able to look back on it as just a misadventure, but it had actually been pretty scary at the time. If he hadn't been a citizen of the most medically advanced society on the planet (...as far as he knows!), and able to get treated immediately, this story might have been more of a cautionary tale.