( it ain't quite like an act of demanding credentials or anythin' of the sort. an' even if it were, he wouldn't be offended. anyone could claim to be anythin' here, after all. )

Well, Doc Wade an' I are both soldiers. We served on the front lines of the Second World War, though not together. We both have an aptitude for managin' trauma an' doin' all manner of life-saving interventions under fire. Anythin' from bullet holes to broken bones, an' we've both attended surgeries enough we reckon we can bull our way through if there ain't no one better suited.