You can blame the volatility of electricity for that.

Also... my character never actually did fire off a bolt of electricity.
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"Oh screw this." Since I was growing tired of our delays, I decided to... [b]well, I was going to let off an arc with my magnet lined up with my pupil, which itself was aligned to the position of the Tyrogue. But, in that weather, it would've randomly jumped around between allies before reaching the lone Pokemon. This was also assuming I could get a lightning bolt to stay in a straight line from afar.[/b]
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