"I know, I've been going to the range to get used to them." It helped him keep a sense of routine, too. "The recoil's awful, but it's all slugthrowers, they're bound to have more kickback than you want them to."

"I just don't understand most of this stuff," he gestures vaguely at the brightly-colored hellscape around them. "People seem to be having fun, though, when they're not throwing up after getting off the rides."