Well, that face and that voice never failed to put a smile to Merrion's face, and Merrion turned to the sound and waved as Wil approached. "Captain!"
Then, his eye still being itchy, Merrion stepped away from Wil, refraining from touching him and keeping from rubbing his own eyes again. "Oh, no no no, you don't want to be near me. I might have pinkeye, and it's contagious, and I couldn't live with myself if you got it from me!" Such rotten timing!