Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160103032023/@comment-25396609-20160105022759

I get that, still seems like a waste of a semblance.

The lack of reloads is to avoid breaking up action sequences, in-universe they are reloading but it gets glossed over for our convenience.

my brain misread gas nozzle as gas nozzle and just went "wut" then i got distracted by my cat jumping on the desk.

Pure oxygen is highly flamable but still needs a source of fuel (speaking from experience, an oxygen-acetylene torch won't burn when just the oxygen is on) since it needs something to react with.