"Half the time, it did end in something getting punched, but that was usually me," Jim adds, still grinning in a God-wasn't-I-an-idiot kind of way, with just a hint of sadness. The last time he ever really spoke to Admiral Pike was in a dive bar, drowning his sorrows after being demoted, and it's something he won't ever really forget. Kind of puts a damper on the whole unhealthy-coping-mechanisms thing, even if he could still get drunk. That's probably a good thing, though.

"If you ever wanna trade punches, I've done boxing before."