He grinned wickedly, thinking, 'If he challenges me now, he will have to use the 4-D prototype in the spark of power, but when he does, he will take on 35 Entropy backlash each time he activates it. So the 4-D prototype will kill him faster the more he uses it.'
Chuckling in amusement, he thought, 'Maybe that's why he hasn't challenged me so far. He is probably scared and is spending all of this time planning how to deal with the 4-D prototype.'
This possibility made him burst out laughing. Whenever he thought of the great and powerful Astra racking his brain to deal with the 4-D prototype, he would laugh harder.
As he laughed, the gloom that was pooling in his chest peeled away a little at a time. His heart felt lighter, and his mood improved thanks to the bout of laughter.
The gloom didn't disappear completely, though. After all, the source of the gloom wasn't something he could forget or eliminate with laughter.
But he did conclude, 'When there is a will, there is a way.'
