The air began to sing, and she watched as if in slow motion, as the lightning bolt split the sky with a resonating crack. Her eyes followed the bolt as it streaked toward her. She was thrown into shock when she felt the bolt touch the tip of her head. It didn't hurt, not at first, because she was too focused on the peculiar feeling left behind. It felt as though she were being frozen in liquid nitrogen at the same time as being thrown into a raging bonfire. It almost tickled, the two sensations warring with each other in every nerve ending. She felt the raw awareness before she could really understand what had happened. In that moment, she could sense every living being within a ten-mile radius. The tranquility of the moment directly contrasted the violence of the natural act.
