Andy shrugged. "Makes sense. I just thought I should explain so you guys knew I wasn't just scraping this stuff off the walls."<br/><br/>He pressed the control again, and lowered the deactivated sword. "Ipthar, Thar, one of you should have this. You're right, I can barely swing it, let alone use it effectively. Oh, for a light saber, a prequel one. I may not know sword fighting, but the ability to cut through anything would be helpful in the near future."<br/><br/>He rummaged around in his pack, and pulled out the radio. "Lt Earl? I figured you could use this to contact your base. Now we've found these guys, that's even more important, because they need transport. Not that we can do anything until the big insect is out of the way... call in artilery strikes maybe, or help from whatever's keeping the predators from over-running your camp."<br/><br/>The book and gourd came next. "Oka, you're the only one with any knowledge of mystic stuff. These may mean nothing more to you than they do to me, but I found them in the oni's private quarters, hidden away. THe way she was throwing around magic, I figured they might be something interesting."<br/><br/>He pulled out his pocket computer and glanced at the time on it. "Hours till dawn... Better now..." He was clearly fighting an internal battle. He looked across the dimly lit station at the subway map on the wall, and at his computer, pressing buttons. He moved over to the steps. "Darn, still no signal! I guess we're too deep for GPS... Just have to get the map manually."<br/><br/>He examined the screen. "Hmmm... So we're there... okay..." He came back to the soldier who'd talked about the howitzer, holding out the computer to show him the screen. "Excuse me, could you show me where the gun you were talking about is?"