The trashing of the swords

Hilts, blades, all broken. Some blades snapped in half, others broken off at the hilt. Like the discarded hardware of some ferocious battle. Except they’re all plastic, or foam. And the fights have been mostly with trees. So we gathered them up and put them in the trash, to make way for the next rearming of the combatant, piecemeal or wholesale, as it may be.