There is so much going on in this strip! First of all, there’s Slick and Sandstorm holding hands. Maybe they’ve worked things out. At the end, Sandstorm mentions fried habanero rings. Habanero peppers are among the hottest in the whole world, and if you’re eating them, you’re going to get some bad feelings too. And finally, there’s never a good occasion during surgery to yell “Get me an axe!”