"In my experience, people tend to use something until it's no longer effective for its intended purpose," Leia said. "And unfortunately, it's very difficult to make guns ineffective at doing what they're designed to do, at least in a broad sense." Individual people could wear armor, or otherwise invest in personal shielding, but physics tended to remain in favor of the bullet or blaster bolt.

"You being you, I imagine you opted to show your displeasure with the situation in the least subtle way possible?" It wasn't really a question. She was fully aware of the 10th Doctor's... intensity, especially when it came to certain subjects. Besides, what she'd felt earlier had been the complete opposite of subtle.