That's not bad, for a congested area. City sidewalks get all crowded and you get bottlenecked, so I'm guessing you didn't go top speed? 'Course, you might have better luck if you use the road, but the drivers around here, yeesh. [Wally keeps chattering away as he leads Hide through security, tossing a visitor's pass his way and passing his badge over a reader to allow them chemical lab access.] We'll have to go out on the open highway sometime, something paved but deserted. You can really get a good grip and tear down those things.
Okay, c'mere. Get your shoes out. [Wally tries to be cool and hop-slide over his desk, but doesn't get enough momentum and ends up having to scoot across to the other side like a stupid. He takes it in stride at least -totally meant to do that anyway- and starts rummaging around in the cabinets for beakers, vials and little bottles of hand-labeled chemicals.] So. Issue here is the friction between your feet and the road plus kinetic buildup equals fire, right? Not good. But without friction you'd basically be ice skating into infinity and that's all kinds of dangerous, so instead of coating all your shoes with teflon you do something completely different.
[Wally spins around, twirling a test tube between his fingers and grinning.] Chemical heat sink and dissipation. Now, this isn't as good a solution as getting your shoes hardwired to do the same thing, but since I don't have the materials or a batrillion dollars to waste, thermal gel is the way to go. It'll siphon off a lot of the heat buildup between both the concrete and the soles of your shoes and help dissipate it into the air behind you. Might leave a heat trail, but nothing crazy. Just like if someone was blasting a hair dryer behind you.
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Okay, c'mere. Get your shoes out. [Wally tries to be cool and hop-slide over his desk, but doesn't get enough momentum and ends up having to scoot across to the other side like a stupid. He takes it in stride at least -totally meant to do that anyway- and starts rummaging around in the cabinets for beakers, vials and little bottles of hand-labeled chemicals.] So. Issue here is the friction between your feet and the road plus kinetic buildup equals fire, right? Not good. But without friction you'd basically be ice skating into infinity and that's all kinds of dangerous, so instead of coating all your shoes with teflon you do something completely different.
[Wally spins around, twirling a test tube between his fingers and grinning.] Chemical heat sink and dissipation. Now, this isn't as good a solution as getting your shoes hardwired to do the same thing, but since I don't have the materials or a batrillion dollars to waste, thermal gel is the way to go. It'll siphon off a lot of the heat buildup between both the concrete and the soles of your shoes and help dissipate it into the air behind you. Might leave a heat trail, but nothing crazy. Just like if someone was blasting a hair dryer behind you.