Originally posted by Stoic
The point being is that Carver did not ever have a point because both characters were or are on equal footing. If the PZ weakens you and you fight another character in the PZ and manage to crush their skulls with one punch, the very same thing would happen outside of the PZ.
If the depowering works similar to like if say Superman and Zod fought under no Sun, but one of them had been like that for a long period of time before the other was teleported, then he'd have a point. Considering who's making the argument, I wouldn't put much faith in it being the right argument. But even a broken clock is right twice a day, so maybe.