"I wanna help," says the disabled kid who looks like death warmed over. He looks like the poster child for malnutrition right now, and he's using both braces and cane at the moment, but he also looks very serious and determined.

"But I know I ain't going anywhere fast, either. Not on these legs. There's gotta be something I can do, though, ain't there? Watch the perimeter in case the expedition's gotta retreat fast? I can shoot. Could provide cover fire or somethin'."