This isn't any old chemistry set, it's your alchemist's table. Right now it's full of metal.
Some of those metals react quite violently with water, and although you still have a soft spot for the BATHYSPHERIC CHEMYSTERIES OF YORE, you've lately applied that knowledge in pursuit of more modern explosives. Still, you always find the time to dabble, even if only to assuage the worries of your more mystically-minded peers. Never hurts to keep in touch with your roots.
