Dreams
"....now dip the pellucid eyeballs into the liquid for 3 seconds before taking them out for 2 minutes, and repeat the process 4 times."
Hao Xuan was wearing a surgical mask, revealing only his eyes. Fortis was sitting atop his head, as usual, wearing a surgical cap. In his tentacles were small towels with which he repeatedly wiped the sweat dripping off of Hao Xuan's forehead.
This concoction, which was officially called the "Physique Refinement Elixir" had been worked on for over 11 straight hours now.
Once the process was started it couldn't be stopped no matter what, so Hao Xuan had to persevere through it all in one go.
He was exhausted mentally. His eyes were blood red and his body weary. If not for Baracus's voice echoing in his mind like a guiding light, he would have passed out a long time ago.