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Shields and Stumps

What? No, I choose not to complain about being in a three man squad, and being expected to perform five people worth of chores. Remember, please, that fourth person was Naggar.

The young man who wasn't listening to first aid because he was "leadership material"? I'm not sure where he got his misinformation, but to him leaders gave orders, and the soldiers obeyed. No, not followed; Naggar wasn't interested in being near danger. When we covered scouting, or flanking, or even formed a shield wall, he was disinterested.

What DID interest him were weapons. Striking at an enemy was what he felt a soldier's job was.

No, not shields. And that was, perhaps, his greatest weakness. His theory was to strike first, with enough force to take the enemy out in one attack.

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