“Did your Commander ever tell you what his name is short for?”
“Oh?” Adai’s ears perked. Next to zir, Commander Sil groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose. “He said it was short for Silver.”
“Nah,” CMO Bubbles snickered. “It’s short for Silly.”
“No,” Adai gasped, turning wide eyes on zir Commander. “Really?”
“Yep.” Bubbles popped the ‘p’. “Commander Silly.”
“I’m gonna go back in time and slap cadet me,” Sil grumbled. “I was on painkillers, none of you should have been taking me seriously.”
Bubbles beamed. “Exactly! We weren’t taking you seriously! That’s why your name is Silly!”
“I’m going to shove you down the trash chute.”
“Can’t do that, I’m the CMO!” Bubbles chirped. “Anyways, you two have fun getting drunk! I better not see you in medbay later!” And with that, he swept away.
Adai grinned. “So, Commander Silly-”
“Tell anyone about this and they’ll have to assign us a new General.”
“Aww, you wouldn’t do that to Badger, would you?”
Sil deadpanned. “Yes. I would.”
Adai took another sip of zir drink, snickering. “Such little care for your subordinates. Fine, fine, your secret is safe with me. Commander Silly.”
Sil’s hand twitched towards his knife. Adai wisely shut up.