"That is literally what I was trying to do," I'm quick to answer. "Well, not into the ground, but at the ground. In the ground vicinity. I was going for that branch over there." And looking at it now, I have even less of a clue how I zapped the other side of the courtyard instead.

"This stuff is no joke, and it is not easy to get a handle on, okay? I blew all of my worthless light bulbs out, so if the village gods ever decide to bestow me real electricity, I won't even know."