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The Smug Walk-In
Results day. A month dry, two kilos down. He enters the clinic like a returning astronaut.

Results day. A month dry, two kilos down. He enters the clinic like a returning astronaut.

The liver numbers are waaaay better than the last on record. Vindication. Sainthood pending.

That number there is still twice the healthy limit. A way to go yet. The smugness files for bankruptcy.

The crew's medical advice arrives instantly: try a different doctor. Science at its finest.

Morale restored by other means: he can still bench 160. Units to be confirmed. Nobody believes him. He does not care.