Kenna

Nowhere in the code is there a walking speed prescribed for water up to the knee. So today I stopped three times.

• NakhtiAt the knee, that's half a pace per second. I'll time it for you. Sorry, what was your name again?
  KennaKenna. This is the third time I've told you.
• HapirSon, where there's no regulation, you decide by looking at the person.
  KennaThat is not a regulation.
• AdishaThe captain's ears go red first, whenever he's flustered.
  KennaThat, too, has nothing to do with regulations.

The water at the drill yard was up to the ankle, and twelve men stood around it, and not one of them laughed. There's no procedure in the code for throwing a blunted spear, either.

• HarmoseCaptain, when you're young, your eyes move faster than any regulation. Where were your eyes today?
  KennaOn the ranks.
• AdishaIsn't it funny that twelve men gathered just to watch someone fall in the water?
  KennaNo one laughed.