"Augustus’ body," Leo Hargraves whispered, astonished. "It’s the same color, the same texture… I would wager my life on it." One loop ago, Ryan had theorized that Lightning Butt’s body was made of an anomalous metal. It was the only explanation for why Frank the Mad’s ability to absorb these alloys had seemed to affect the invincible warlord. But doubt always remained, because how could an invincible metal make one immune to frozen time? Now, it suddenly made more sense. Augustus’ power gave his body the properties of a metal from the Orange World, the source of all inorganic material. A world
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