But it didn't burn him.
He didn't even flinch.
The lightning flowed into his body, down his arm, into his chest where it gathered around his core.
Another bolt struck his wing, the electricity racing along the scaled membrane before sinking into his back.
A third hit his tail, the energy traveling up his spine to join the rest.
His mismatched eyes began glowing brighter. His demonic eye shifted from red toward green, the pupil expanding and contracting as power built inside him.
His human eye blazed with reflected lightning, blue electricity crackling in its depths despite remaining anatomically normal.
The storm continued for ten seconds. Twenty. Thirty.
Each bolt adding to the charge building inside Jack's transformed body. His scaled skin began glowing from within, veins of electricity visible beneath the surface, his horn casting shadows that pulsed with each new addition of power.
[Overcharge: Charging]
[Charges 5/10]
