That's one reason why he uses his "tuneplug" when he's not in full uniform -- to prevent exactly that kind of accident. Fortunately, not all backfires are destructive or dangerous (outside of combat, that is). Some are just annoying. The canonical example of this is an incident I've mentioned several times -- trying to use Peter Gabriel's "Big Time" to get a Size Increase power, he instead turned himself into a human Macy's Parade balloon and floated helplessly over the combat the Warriors were in; he was extremely lucky all the bad guys were too involved with other matters to take a shot at him...
-- Bob
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And all the girlies say I'm pretty dry for a wet guy...
-- Bob
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And all the girlies say I'm pretty dry for a wet guy...