Listening to the latest Shelved by Genre, I'm surprised no one mentioned that Wolfe was very likely alluding to alkali metal slugs when talking about the weapons Baldanders supplied to the shore people.
If you've never seen a demonstration of pure sodium being dropped into water, I highly recommend checking it out, it produces a shockingly violent reaction.
i don't know a single fucking thing about chemistry and have over a decade of recordings proving that
don't sleep on the incredibly long video that ridiculous australian kid made about refining sodium at home, where he seemingly makes the most dangerous possible choice at every step
It is agonizing to watch this guy risk maiming himself at EVERY TURN. I haven't even gotten to the CHEMISTRY part! Just his shop practices are terrifying.
