Flashback of Ishaq testing mineral combinations on rats, injecting himself with the concoction and collapsing into seizures on the lab floor.

Panel 1: Caption: But Ishaq waited for the right combination of minerals...
Caption: Testing combinations on rats. Many of them died from too much variability in the combinations.
Panel 2: Caption: Finally, Ishaq had the right combination and took the concoction.
Panel 3: (no dialogue) (syringe injects blue element into his arm)
Panel 4: [SFX: URK!!] (Ishaq convulses in pain)
Panel 5: Caption: Unfortunately, he didn't react well and fell into seizures.
Caption: He didn't remember what happened after that...