It had already been a weird day. I'd pissed off the world's shortest bodybuilder, had a rather alarming introduction to Rei's new girlfriend, and only just gotten my stuff together- fortunately, nearly all of it was there- and was only just now getting around to finding a place to hang my non-existant hat.

And then I heard the unmistakable sound of passive magic shorting out advanced circuitry. From a broody-looking guy just to my left.

I turned and found him examining his arm. His limp and lifeless arm. And he pulled off his glove to reveal-

Oh, hell's bells. I vaporized the poor kid's arm.

"Crap! Uh, sorry. Sorry about that. Usually I can, um. Control that. Better."