Seeing Brenner's handprints on Delphi's breasts was more than Alton could endure.
He roared in anger and launched himself at the man, tackling him into the mud.
"Was one black eye not enough for you, private?" he bawled at the man. "Do I need to blacken the other one before you learn your lesson?"
"Alton!" shouted Delphi, wading over as fast as she could, hampered by the mud.
"Niko, help me!" she cried.
Niko cleared his eyes of mud. He reached the pair before Delphi could get there, trying to separate the two men who were having a real fight instead of just a mud wrestle.
"General… General…" Niko grunted as he struggled to pull the huge man off Brenner.
Opal saw what was happening and she ran over. "General!" she screamed, "don't hurt him!"
Delphi was not going to let this happen again; someone would get seriously hurt.