Re: Justin/Ernie
Justin chuckled. "Are you okay, Ernie?" he asked softly. "You seem.. unsettled." He wondered if his friend was reacting like that because Justin was mildly drunk and thus, very susceptible to say a bunch of stupidities.
"Healer Hannigan. You remember him, right?" Healer Hannigan had spent so much time trying to persuade Justin that his release was real, and Ernie would come over to visit and do the same. Sometimes, Justin felt like maybe he had been Ernie's first patient.
Either way, he hadn't been surprised to know his mate was choosing that path of career.
"I'm sorry if.. Maybe it all sounds funny, but it my head it made sense earlier. I do hope you know how much I appreciate having you in my life. And I always believed that my birthday shouldn't be about celebrating the fact that I was born, it was about celebrating everything I have in my life that matters."