“He was desperately seeking Delicia,” explained Officer Dutton T. Clambour of the campus police. “Somewhere he’d found this old, tired horse and some costume armor and he was riding all over campus challenging everyone he saw to a duel if they didn’t tell him where the beautiful Delicia was being held captive by giants. People just laughed at him and that made him crazier still. He had a broom that he was using as a lance, and when he tried to jab it at a kid on a bike he accidentally whacked his horse.”

Witnesses reported that the poked nag suddenly bolted toward the Geophysics Lab, where an experimental wind power generator had been erected.

“The horse crashed right through the chain link fence,” recounted Officer Clambour, “and well, to make a long story short, it was a very windy day. The blades swept down and both horse and rider were flung into the air. On the way down, young Gnuth attempted to use his shield as some sort of air foil or wing; I guess he thought he could glide down, but of course that was just stupid. It was a very sad day.”

“He never understood the rules of life,” concluded Dr. Attkin. “At least it can be said that he was always game.” –Ram Danger

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