When the bazooka came through the door, Richard only had a second to react, so he instantly transformed it into a vaporous form. “Okay, now what to do with this,” he stated. It certainly couldn’t be returned to its normal form without a proper target, and by proper he meant non-living and well out of the way.

Thinking quickly, he sent the vapor outside and toward the trees off in the distance, and after a moment he lost sight of it. This was quickly followed by an explosion, which still left the problem of the Purifiers who had just tried to blow him up. “So, is that the best you got,” he yelled at them.