On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Craig Berry <cdberry@gmail.com> wrote:

Yep, that's a good example of a handwave. :)

And maybe the standing wave *is* actually doing part of the damage . . . which is why the damage doesn't drop off over such enormous distances. :)

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