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The Branching Lictenburg Scar
The branching pattern i had seen in that picture is known as the lictenburg figure. It shows the diverging paths of electricity on an insulating material such as glass or resin. I knew it from the pattern of scars on the back of my childhood friend who had been struck by lightning because of me. The sound when it happened was so loud that it drowned out his screams completely. But it was the smell that really stayed with me, that powerful ozone smell cut through with the of cooking meat. When i got home, it took all my concentration to get up the stairs. And when i finally made it on to my sofa, i couldn't shake that feeling as though i was falling
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