"He's right," Ellen says. "I couldn't wield a warhammer if I tried. Mjolnir is a Tesla cannon. It's a shoulder-mounted anti-aircraft weapon that fires- well, lightning, essentially... enough to destroy an armored troop transport big enough to hold ten men and all their gear with a single direct hit."

Her mouth twitches as she adds, "Remember how we were going into Olney to retrieve a Tesla coil from the prewar power plant? That's what they made it into."