Impending doom

Despite his wound, he struggled to his feet with grim determination.

Can't let this slide.

"Give me the gun," Gates commanded, moving toward the man with an authoritative presence.

"You can't use it properly. You might kill someone by accident. This isn't a toy."

Gates's words were reasonable.

The man's grip tightened possessively. "Hmph, you think you can lie to me? It's simple enough to figure out. What is there to learn about it? I've already got the crosshair in my vision, all I need to do is point and shoot."

He examined the weapon with amateur curiosity, fingers tracing energy cells and targeting systems.

"I must say, this weapon is unlike anything I've seen. It's like it just came out of a sci-fi movie in the apocalypse."

"Hahah, it's ironic we are actually facing a similar event to the apocalypse."

Dangerous ignorance. Photon weapons aren't toys.