Raymond's state did improve with time. Within a week, there wasn't a need to inject him with healing serum anymore. They only needed to keep him connected to machines that fed him and monitored his vitals.
Gio didn't need to go to the medical ward for anything after the first day. His recuperation process after healing his eyes was more a matter of slowly training himself back up to his proper physical state.
However, he still made visits there at least once a day to check on Raymond. He felt partially responsible for not moving fast enough.
It took two days for Gio to wake up and another five for him to be combat-ready again. For that week, he went mostly unbothered, only exchanging slight greetings with the team members he encountered every once in a while.
That life ended only when Jax returned to the zephyr for the first time.
"Gio!"
He found Gio in the halls in the middle of the day, catching him by surprise.
