“My hearing isn’t that bad,” Archer argues, glaring at the hearing aid in your hand like it personally offended him, “Actually, I think I hear too well. Have you ever had to sit next to Cyril on stirfriday?”

It’s a lie, of course. His hearing is awful. After years of shooting without protection, getting way too close to explosions, and the occasional punch to the head, his ears are in awful shape.

The chronic tinnitus was bad, but it started becoming a real problem when he missed some communications and almost blew a whole mission. Mallory said it’s either the hearing aids, or Kreiger does some experimental surgery, and no one wants that. Well, no one except Kreiger.

So, you’re here to try and convince the most stubborn man in the office to do something he really doesn’t want to do. You definitely don’t get paid enough for this.