Atom followed him with a bag of his own tools... maybe a superball or two had found its way in there, too. "Hey, we don't have to wait and hope that we get lucky. We can make our own luck. We're doing it right now."

They were acting, procuring tools and useful items instead of standing around hoping things would get better. "People die all the time in war, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do all we can to make sure it doesn't happen because of us."