[It is, but it's abating now, considering how short the shock was.]

I've seen lighting destroy a tree, and I've heard of people dying when struck by it. You say that it's been used for execution in your world?

[He tries to imagine that same shock that was given to his chest at his temples instead and gives an involuntary shudder. There's something about the unfocused, ubiquitous pain that unnerves him.]