As an aside, the reason why I objected so strongly to Agatha,
Goddess of Science, is that it was such a transparent
New Powers as Plot Demands that would never be used again. Considering that drinking the Dyne is supposed to have random (and usually lethal) effects it seems absurd that the Guardians of the Heterodynes would subject Agatha to it unless they were pretty sure they knew how it worked. And if it
always works that way, why not use it more often?
The worst thing about that sequence is that it was used to solve a problem that had only
just be introduced. The Foglios could have cut out that entire sequence and lost nothing in the story. By far the sloppiest storytelling I've seen them do