They stared at him, but only for a split second.  The world's greatest superheroes could apparently get used to anything.<br/><br/>"I was going to say," Empyrea replied carefully, "that...okay, deliberately executing Chilly Pete is off the table.  I mean, we can't do anything like that on your say-so, no offense.  But he's just going to kill God knows how many more people if we treat him with kid gloves."  She sighed.  "Use the Staff.  Anyone asks, I okayed it."<br/><br/>"But that's --"<br/><br/>"You heard me.  No holding back while he's still conscious."