No worries!<br/><br/>"Fetters" in this case refers to the artifact version that block Gifts.  They're manacles AND superpower suppressors!  Which might mean that Mr. Spideri has a Gift, or it might mean that someone's paranoid.  Possibly both.<br/><br/>And Captain Tarek is here exhibiting Good Form, waiting for his opponent to catch his breath before trying to kill him.  It's genre-appropriate!