said, "But how do you plan on leveling the town before the remnant raise
the alarm and the mass of the people return?"

"Atomic anionizers," he returned.

"Which are what? They sound like they are beyond my level of
understanding."

"Not at all," Wagner told me, "Do not be fooled by the technically
complex sounding name. An atom is the smallest form into which matter
can be broken down into while still retaining its identity, and an anion
is a positively charged ion, or in other words, an instance of an atom
in which there are more electrons than protons, resulting in a charge of
negative electricity. An atomic anionizer is just what its name would
imply: a device that morphs normal atoms into atoms with an extreme
negative charge by emitting massive amounts, to the tune of many
millions of moles, of solitary electrons into the air through a bombing
device."

He went on, explaining the consequences of the weapon, "An atom, and
therefore all matter, which is made up of atoms, is engaged in a
constant revolution around the nucleus, in the same way in which our
solar system revolves around our sun, and our sun around the black hole
in the center of the galaxy. This revolving motion is the basis for the
formation of all matter that we know of, both in its smallest form, like
the atom, or its larger forms, like the galaxy. The electrons emitted
from the atomic anionizer are drawn into an orbit around the nuclei of
the atoms of all the matter near which they are detonated, much like the
way planets catch satellites and space debris into revolving rings
around them. This addition of electrons gives the atoms such a powerful