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Baldric wasn't really sure where he fitted into all of this. Everyone looked so terrified; but he didn't really mind all that much if he died. It wasn't like he had anything to return to anyway. He wished that Henry the hamster could have lived though- poor thing. What was a hamster doing in a trench anyway? Blackadder could be so insensitive sometimes, using him as a sink brush; he deserved more dignity than that, having been through as much war as them. Which, thinking about it, didn't amount to much. Baldric could still remember what he had said earlier, "Why don't we all just stop fighting?" And call him simple- which Blackadder often did- but it really was that easy. After all, if they all stopped fighting, there was no point in the English killing them all for refusing orders; that would just be a complete waste of time because then there would be no one to fight the war anyway. Baldric decided that he thought too much. It was no wonder he spoke such rubbish all the time.
He only had one cunning plan left- and he wasn't going to bother with it until they were at the front line anyway, because, truth be told, he didn't really think it was all that cunning. Then again, Blackadder never seemed to think his plans were cunning, but Baldric had long gotten used to that. Blackadder just didn't appreciate his genius ideas.
Baldric wasn't so sure he wanted to leave the trenches now, or the people in them. Not after all they'd done together. Even if they had run out of coffee, mud would do just fine for him. He just didn't want to leave. Not now that he had something; friends? At least, Blackadder was a shepard, and he was a bit of a sheep, but he didn't mind that. He liked being around people for a change.
I'm scared sir." At least George had something to be scared about.