he had wanted to stand there : to arrive like a thunder-bolt : to shatter their `` small world '' of `` panty-banter '' - knowing what these guys were saying , doing : he could see them slipping a thumb , an index-finger , tugging the elastic waist-band ... to explode upon the scene : spit fire , eject fiery-balls from his eyes , slash with swords which cut , slice , maim , hack off the limbs of these : all these his enemy !