Imlay looked at Marco, then extended his hand forward, silently asking for the weapon. Gilda wondered if Marco was going to protest, but he just shrugged. Pointing it downward, he extracted the magazine, and pulled the upper slide backwards, a motion that looked like a notching in a crossbow. She saw a bullet jump out of an opening on the slide, and without preamble, Marco offered the weapon, still facing down, to the Corporal. 