So, in brushing the dust off this one fill. I have had trouble reasoning out the motivation for the precipitating incident that lead to the morale boosting.
Which will continue until said morale is improved. Tl;dr Ayel clocks Plot Device Man with a wrench. IN THE FACE.
The answer to "Yeah, but why would you take a wrench to his face, Ayel?"
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Is it sensible to warn for self-squick? )