In the most deliberate fashion Lesbee shoved the blaster into the
inner pocket of his coat. Then, as if he were being careful, he
used the tractor beam to push Browne about four feet away. There
he set him down, released him from the beam, and--with the same
deliberateness--drew his hand away from the tractor controls. Thus he
made himself completely defenseless.
It was the moment of vulnerability.