With Elim wailing on the red ice core, Simo wouldn't have very many clear shots at the thing. What few he did have, he didn't take; As Elim was still far too close for him to be comfortable taking the shot. So he watched and waited. One thing he found fascinating was Elim's ability to change his weapon; changing a sword into a scythe, then a spiky mace, and then a normal mace, was something that the young sniper had never seen before. 'I wonder if it's a skill that could be taught. Or maybe it requires a special kind of weapon to work. In fact, it may just be an ability of the weapon itself. [i]That[/i] would certainly be fascinating. I wonder if it could work for guns as well. Not that I'm interested in anything besides a sniper rifle...but still, the possibilities are fascinating. Hell, it seems to be breaking the law of conservation of mass, so a pistol that transforms into a machine gun is starting to sound plausible'