Snippy had been quite caught up in repairing the section of hovercraft he'd been assigned to, so much so that Captain's bellow outright made him yip then curse as he dropped his soldering iron inside the hovercraft's hull. Had Captain left it at that, Snippy would have spent the next five minutes chewing out the lunatic while trying to scrape out his tool with the tip of his fingers, but the prank just had to go one step too far.

The straw jammed into his port, making him cringe like he'd just chewed aluminium. With a strangled yell he cringed back, first trying to escape the pain and then, with a swift compact turn, trying to knock away his attacker.

He didn't hold back on Captain's behalf as he swing at his face- on the contrary, he tried to swing as hard and as fast as possible, as Captain had always had the habit of dodging everything he tried effortlessly.