Ebony wrote:
felt it was his duty to knock all the muck off of it by banging it against a tree
*Sigh*  yes, he would have.  Both because he was inquisitive and because he probobly felt he needed more info to report to the DI, for fear of looking really stupid

"Sarge, I got some unexploded ordie here..."

"Boy, thats a damn paintball round.  Thought you found something dangerous"

Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-

NO QUARTER!!!

-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children