Possibly splits lightning

Lightning raced across the earth. Thin, wriggling threads of it. Spraying
sand, flinging stones, the lightning wrapped around a gatepost and gave off
a shower of sparks. The dazzling display of light made D look like white hot metal.
Along the town’s sides, the energy absorption rods were also catching the lightning.
It would be sent to the nuclear reactors via transformers. Tasting untold bounty for the
first time in ages, the reactors showed their satisfaction with their rising, pale blue flames.

D continued silently down the street. Serpents of light raced all around
him, raising their heads menacingly at the hem of his coat and spitting fire.
“I’m going back,” the physician said from behind him. “Not because I’m
getting scared or anything. Oh, I’m scared, all right. But I realized at
present we really can’t afford to have me getting hurt.”
D nodded.

Bowing and excusing himself, the physician did an about-face. Just
above him, there was a flash of silvery light. A bolt of lightning that was
about to strike his head was split in half, and the fragments twitched on the
ground. Completely oblivious to what had happened, Dr. Tsurugi raced off.

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