The Man nodded. "I̷f̸ ̵I̵ ̷w̶o̵u̷l̸d̷ ̴h̷a̴v̶e̶ ̴g̸o̴n̵e̷ ̵i̶n̶ ̷t̷h̷e̵r̸e̷ ̶i̶t̵ ̴w̸o̵u̷l̶d̴ ̸h̴a̶v̵e̶ ̸b̸l̷a̶s̶t̴e̷d̵ ̷t̴h̵i̵s̸ ̸f̴o̴r̸m̷ ̸t̸o̶ ̶pieces,̸" He said, smiling. "I̵t̵ ̸w̴o̷n̶'̵t̴ ̸f̷o̴r̷ ̴y̴o̵u̸,̶ ̸o̶f̸ ̶c̸o̵u̶r̷s̶e̶,̶ ̴b̷e̵c̴a̸u̴s̴e̶ ̸i̶t̴'̴s̵ ̶o̸n̴l̴y̶ ̴s̸e̷t̵ ̵t̸o̴ ̶b̶e̷ ̸a̸c̵t̷i̸v̵e̶ ̶f̸o̶r̶,̸ ̸u̸h̴.̶.̶.̴" The Man's grin widened. "P̵e̵o̴p̴l̷e̸ ̸l̴i̵k̴e̷ ̴m̴e̸.̵"
The Man said, not loud, but not soft, either, "D̸o̵n̴'̵t̷ ̷e̷v̷e̶n̸ ̵t̴r̵y̶ ̸t̷o̷u̴c̴h̶i̷n̴g̸ ̴i̶t̷. I̷t̴'̸l̸l̴ ̵b̶u̷r̴n̶ ̷t̵h̶a̸t̶ ̶p̶u̸n̷y̸ ̵f̶i̶n̶g̵e̶r̵ ̸o̴f̶ ̴y̷o̶u̴r̸s̸ ̵c̶l̸e̴a̸n̶ ̷o̴f̷f̴ ̷i̸n̵ ̴a̵n̶ ̴i̶n̴s̵t̷a̸n̴t̷.̵"
The Man walked slowly towards the cylinder, saying, "B̶u̵t̷,̶ ̵n̶o̶w̸ ̴t̶h̶a̷t̸ ̴i̷t̴ ̷h̴a̴s̸ ̵t̴o̴ ̴f̷o̷c̵u̵s̴ ̸o̶n̸ ̵t̴w̵o̶ ̶t̷h̸i̵n̷g̶s̷ ̵a̵t̸ ̵o̸n̷c̸e̵,̸ ̸t̸h̶e̶ ̸a̴f̴f̷e̴c̷t̴s̸ ̴s̶h̴o̴u̶l̵d̸ ̶b̷e̶ ̶l̴e̴s̴s̶e̷n̴e̵d̵ ̶s̴o̴m̵e̵w̸h̴a̴t̶.̵" The Man's form started to smolder and burn away on the outside, but it quickly regenerated, causing the burning to be ineffective, not that it wasn't still going, it was, it was just counteracted by the Man's own regeneration.
"I̸ ̵w̴o̴u̸l̷d̵ ̸N̷O̸T̴ ̵a̸d̷v̸i̸s̵e̶ ̷t̶o̶u̶c̵h̷i̴n̵g̸ ̵i̵t̸,̴ ̵t̷h̵o̸u̸g̵h̶.̸"