[ ... Yikes. It sure is nice to occasionally come up against something that even he can still find to be a lot. It sure isn't quite so nice that it increasingly seems to be teenagers whose lives he can still be surprised by.

Sorry for... your World Situation, Lockwood. ]

No, I think we can safely say it isn't that. Power use is instantly negated by the ghost matter particles in the atmosphere, but those same particles now trigger an autoimmune response in the powered person. That's what's been causing the deaths.

[ So you can... relax? ]