Rejoice And Drop Nails

Banjo found it! cries Terence.

Is he bringing it down? asks Gaius.

He's stopping and starting, says Terence.

Let me see, says Gaius. He takes a look at the screen.

Leaves move jerkily upwards. Small possum feet.

There are too many feet for one possum, says Gaius. Our Banjo has assistance.

Banjo and new Banjo have reached the lowest branch. 

There's a big gap between it and the ground.

Hey! shouts Banjo. Shall we drop it?

Okay! shouts Terence. I'll catch it!

No! says Gaius. You can control it from here.

The control panel. Now Terence remembers.

Don't drop it! shouts Terence. I'll use the down-knob.

Too late. The Banjos have dropped it.

The drone heads for the ground, at the speed determined by gravity.

Can Terence beat it?

No, he can't.

He has just pulled the down-knob when the drone hits the ground.

Landing in a pile of forest floor detritus. Luckily.

Pierre-Louis picks it up.

The two Banjos run down the tree trunk.

Is it broken? asks Banjo.

No, it's not broken, says Pierre-Louis.

And who have we here? asks Gaius, looking at the new Banjo.

Banjo, says the new Banjo.

Ha ha, you're both called Banjo! laughs Terence. That's stupid.

Not at all, says Gaius. But it indicates something.

What? asks Pierre-Louis. Sample contamination?

That, says Gaius, and the popularity of certain names.

Are you Gaius? asks the new Banjo.

I am, says Gaius.

Who are you named after? asks Banjo. My ma wants to know.

I am not named after anyone in particular, says Gaius. Gaius is my praenomen.

It must mean something, says Pierre-Louis.

Indeed, it does, says Gaius. It means to rejoice.

What does that mean? asks new Banjo. 

His ma will want to know.

I know, says Terence. I used to live on a palace.

You rejoiced a lot, did you? asks Pierre-Louis.

NO! says Terence. The people did. We could hear them. Saint Joseph dropped nails.

You haven't told us that before, says Gaius. Did he drop them deliberately?

Yes, says Terence. But he usually missed.

New Banjo loves this story. Rejoice means you can drop nails on people. Perhaps he will change his name to rejoice.

But now Pierre-Louis is asking Gaius what his other name means. Plinius?

As for Plinius, says Gaius, it is of obscure origin. Possibly from the Gaulish root plina. Another theory is that it comes from a Northern Italic word meaning bald.

I can see why you use the name Gaius, says Pierre-Louis. 

Ha ha! laughs Terence. Because you're not bald!

Gaius could argue this isn't the reason, but concludes it is pointless.