Drabbles

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Also possible of course, but if that's the case they should be worried enough about running out to not be going wild with their use, and hesitant to provide samples as well. It's not like their auras and melee-form weapons alone don't provide significant levels of combat power in Earth Bet terms, and against human enemies in a setting that bends over backward to obey superhero conventions where they aren't being specifically subverted waving firearms around means you're an antihero at best and more likely a well-intentioned extremist if not outright villain. The Protectorate and PRT seeming to be even sort of okay with that is something I chalked up to accommodating the crossover in the setting, but then perhaps the "elemental blaster" aspect making the guns less nastybad and more superhero-y is why they're using notable amounts of Dust despite a finite supply, if that's the case, and providing samples justified by hoping Tinker analysis will be able to identify or synthesize a substitute.