They both knew that fainting once if something was particularly gnarly didn't mean anything about future success. Fainting a lot, well, they should probably consider something other than EM.

"I'm sure that had nothing to do with the leadership from the top," he said, raising his eyebrows pointedly. Robby was a good chief and he knew how to herd his ducklings. Did he have his blind spots when it came to mentoring the next generation of docs? Of course, but everyone did. Jack knew he did like a snarky one, personally, and he'd let them get away with a little more apparent disrespect than others might.