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[h1]Luke Schwarz -- [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwwSmuFg4c8]Brewing Storm[/url][/h1]

[i][color=fdc68a]Good enough to take Cian on a date?

What did she mean by tha—[/color][/i]

[color=8882be]"Deus volt."[/color]

[i][color=6ecff6]GGHRSFUNINJVG[/color][/i]

His mind went blank as the charge entered his body, whatever train of thought he had going shattered as raw white heat filled the ensuing void. He should have known better, known to properly brace himself for what had come. He had just agreed to what was, in effect, being minorly struck by lightning more than being hit by a taser. To go into it without at least some form of self-steeling was incredibly stupid on his part.

And yet.

[b]"RRRRRNGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"[/b]

He could only hold it in for a moment, before letting loose a cry of pain. 

Really, how much could one expect a mental prep session to be able to contend against acting as an electircal conduit like this? It wasn't a question of the mind's fortitude—the scale was simply too different. Bracing for this sort of all-encompassing sensation of white-hot pins and needles was a fool's errand. It wouldn't have mattered.

And it didn't matter.

He felt his muscles contract still tighter as the grip he held upon the wires was no longer even his own. He'd read about this phenomenon once. It was called "passing the 'Let-Go Threshold'", where the amperage passing through the arm was great enough that involuntary contractions of it and the hand were too powerful to resist— and thusly leaving the shocked person unable to "let go".

[color=f9ad81][i]That's fine, though.[/i][/color]

Whether it was his aura bolstering itself in response to the new threat to the body, or simply an odd case of a sharp pain clearing the head, a thought managed to pass.

He didn't care which explanation allowed for it, just that it was there. Grabbing onto it with everything his screaming mind had, he forged on.

[color=f7976a][i]I can't let go.

I don't want to let go.

I won't let go.[/i][/color]

If it weren't him, then it would be Lauren. Reason enough to grin and bear it. She may have been a tough girl, he never dared deny that, but this was a job he and his gifts were meant to take.

[color=f7976a][i]I would never want my sisters to feel this.

Little, or big.

I need to hold out here.[/i][/color]

Easier said than done.