[ Here come the hand gestures again, or at least one hand gesture: Krouse sticks his hand out flat and tips it, like he's pouring John's hopes of avoiding fantastical weapons onto the ground at their feet. ]

Oh, laser guns are entirely real in some neighbourhoods of the multiverse.

I don't recommend touching them if you enjoy having hands. Worse than fireworks, when it comes to posing a hazard to the old phalanges.