It was no secret that hazle had chronic pain. They never talked about it, choosing to hide away in their room when ever they had a flare up.

"anyone seen Hazel today?"König asked, noting their absence around base.

"another flare up" Horangi responded simply, it was a common occurrence after all. Normally König would just leave it at that, but Hazel had been having more flare ups recently. He wordlessly walked to their room.

"Hazel?" König asked, knocking on the door