Steelheart tells Deathpoint that he has claimed dominance over the people of Chicago and that Deathpoint may be a subservient epic to him. Deathpoint then tries to harm Steelheart by pointing a finger at him, but his attempted attack appears to be futile. Deathpoint is dumbfounded and fearful at Steelheart's arrival and begins to stammer. While Deathpoint continues to kill the people one by one, Steelheart bursts onto the bank's floor and asks Deathpoint, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'. And since killing humans is 'extremely inconvenient', he decided to strike fear in the people instead, so that no one would dare challenge him with any future requests or favors. During his slaughter, Deathpoint remarks to the victims how he decided to rob a bank that morning and came to the realization that money is worthless to him, as he can take anything he pleases. Then screams begin to sound and the epic, who eventually introduces himself as ' Deathpoint', continues to massacre people at random within the bank chamber. Then, the newcomer raises a finger, and with a nonchalant tapping motion, causes a nearby woman and her clothes to vaporize instantaneously into dust. Initially, no one pays the man much attention. In the midst of their conversation, David notices an epic dressed in a black business suit stroll casually through the bank's entrance. During their visit, David's father is speaking with a mortgage man and negotiating payments. The bank is an extremely large building fashioned with revolving glass doors and a multitude of cubicles and hallways. David Charleston (who is eight years old at the time) and his father visit First Union Bank.

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