Buckshot
feldman
I'm the first one out of the holster these days.
I was a Commander like Hawkeye
Pierce was a Captain. The rank was a side
effect, a hoop I jumped through to get on the shuttle. I trained with a
gun, but I never thought I'd kill. I thought of myself as a scientist.
Push came to shove and I took to
it like Buck in "Call of the Wild". Even
named my damned pulse pistol for dad's best bird dog, loyal and fearless
Wynona. The Uncharted Territories, red in tooth and claw. Red for
Sebaceans, blue for Nebari, Luxans are black until they turn clear.
How many people have I killed,
now that I've become good at it? Now that
I've added nuns and children to the list? "Aeryn."
"Yes?"
"What do you know about military tactics?"
For a while, I think she won't answer me.
"Nothing that would make you feel any better."
"Sometimes I'm James Bond
Sometimes I'm Billy the Kid
Sometimes I feel like Sherlock Holmes
Sometimes I feel like Jack the Ripper,"
--Alice Cooper "Identity Crises"