Laser

With a pffft! a four-inch-wide pillar of flame erupted from the ground
right in front of Greco’s face. The earth boiled from a blast of more than
twenty thousand degrees, and the flames leapt to Greco’s greasy face,
searing his upper lip. He tumbled backwards with a beastly howl of agony.
“Say anything else bad about my sister and your head’ll be next,” Dan
threatened, perfectly aligning the barrel of his laser rifle with Greco’s face.
Though it’s true the weapon had no kick, it was still unheard of for a child a
good deal shorter than the weapon’s length to be skilled enough to hit a
target dead-on

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