It was a very strange explosion.
The shockwave died out halfway through, lacking any follow-through. It was more like people heard a short, sudden clap of thunder.
Andre, who felt like his soul had nearly been blasted out of his body, and the Dwarves at the construction site didn't dare to move a muscle. The scattered fragments were right in front of them, but they were also motionless.
The entire explosion site was frozen in time.
"Don't move," Rorschach's voice rang out. Everyone, along with the scattered pieces of the device, was enveloped in a pale blue field. As if time were reversing, the fragments followed the trajectories they had been propelled along by the expanding gas and returned to their original positions.
At the same time, the fire at the center of the explosion cooled and extinguished, leaving behind only the gas mixture.
As all the pieces knit themselves back together, they emitted a grating sound.
