Whitebrand can suddenly feel his body seizing up, Nova's and Whitebrand's shadows now as one. Nova then looks at Whitebrand with that same blank expression.  The rumbling/hissing sound gets louder with each passing second. (BTW, the hissing sound is the same as the one the Thing, John Carpenter's 1982 version, made in the dog kennel scene.  I LOVE that movie. Too bad I can't incorporate in the Thing's mutation abilities into Nova XD)