"Tony, have you ever thought..." Otto Octavius, who had likewise gained the right to call him by name, said something that greatly shocked Henry. "About miniaturizing the Arc Reactor?"
Henry, listening in, confirmed that Doctor Octopus had indeed been to the Three-Spider Universe and had seen a miniaturized Arc Reactor.
Tony Stark, with his engineer's mindset, reacted first with, "Miniaturization? Why?"
"Well, perhaps we could install miniaturized reactors in portable devices and take them to places without outlets. Or use them to power certain mobile equipment, so their range would no longer be limited by the length of a power cord."
Otto Octavius's reasoning seemed quite reasonable, yet Tony Stark did not answer directly. Instead, he turned to Henry. "What do you think?"
The man who had been called on thought seriously. "I don't know whether you've watched Japanese robot anime, but there's an interesting debate in them. Is it safe for a combat robot to carry a nuclear reactor?
"A combat robot means the platform itself faces a considerable risk of damage. If it carries a sizable nuclear reactor on its back, how is that any different from carrying a bomb on itself?
"So on this point, I'm on the battery side. I'd rather replace batteries frequently and improve the safety of mobile vehicles than place a potential hazard on them. Even if it isn't for combat, the risk won't be much lower.
"Unless safety is taken to the absolute extreme—unless destroying the miniaturized reactor only shuts it down and cuts off power, without causing an explosion or contaminating the environment—I wouldn't consider it.
"Of course, if there were no other choice, that would be another matter. But I don't think such special circumstances and exceptional cases are within the scope of our discussion."
Henry voiced his true thoughts,