If the others give up their colours so easily, we could have a good range. Time will tell if we've kept the glow.

[ But he hopes so. It would make for a colourful game, and they'd be able to play it safely during the dark hours here. That appeals to the side of him that's fond of aesthetics, but in truth, it's good for marksmanship, too. Their time on Macha has been proof enough that you don't always have to shoot in perfect conditions.

While she makes ready to go, he stands and moves over to where he stores the kindling for his fires. ]

I'll get some more heat started. By the time we're done, we should have enough molten metal to make the casings.

[ ooc: do you want to handwave the rest of this or keep going?? ]