Remi grimaces. "A 'friend' of mine who was far more into the military-industrial complex than I necessarily wanted to be. He very specifically made sure we had blaster guns even though I explained to him that modern battery technology wasn't quite there yet. He just loved the thought of never, ever having to worry about running out of ammo. To say nothing of a fondness for setting everything on fire. We learned not to be in fireball formation very, very fast."