Note: For those of you who have not read Schlock Mercenary from the beginning, Kevyn is making reference to the time Schlock poured beer on his plasgun with catastrophic results.

The last tavern we visited in the strip suffered minor damage, and required some paint. Anyone who cares to wager that the next tavern will get off with just paint is likely to lose money faster than a venture capitalist in a dot-com gold rush.