Nadine slapped the prone woman on the back, eliciting gurgling, wet, choking coughs that finally brought a semblance of clear, if gasping.

"He shot tear gas bullets," Adam said between choking coughs.

Then, headlong, The Shadow was swooping away from the spreading flood of green that was punctuated by choking gasps and coughs.

There was a sort of strangled gasp, a geyser of water, and then a bout of choking coughs.

Nancy doubled over, her body racked by choking coughs.