Answer:
What is eaten but not grown and was born in water but will disappear if soaked?
Different lights do make me strange, thus into different sizes I will change.
My first is in wield, sever bones and marrow. My second is in blade, forged in cold steel. My third is an arbalest, and also in arrows. My fourth is in power, plunged through a shield. My fifth is in honor, and also in vows. My last will put an end to it all.
Until I am measured I am not known, Yet how you miss me when I have flown.
They can be harbored, but few hold water. You can nurse them, but only by holding them against someone else. You can carry them, but not with your arms. You can bury them, but not in the earth.
If lightning strikes an orchestra who is the one most likely to get hit?