[quote=@AtomicNut]
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Bah. Magic. 
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A whole part of this fantasy setting, magic exists and by that magic rules exist.

Marianne's spells aren't exactly like true lightning bolts, otherwise she'd die just from casting it once for any number of reasons. xD So, think of it more as magic with the lightning element to it.