The jagged bolt of red and black lightning flared as the Lightning Elemental thrust its arm downward. The energy crackled violently, yet it didn't lash out.
Instead, the bolt splintered into arcs that spidered along the storm-torn ground, carving a glowing rune beneath Lassim's feet. The sudden pulse of energy sent a ripple through the air, surprisingly even raising the hair on his arms with the intensity and uniqueness of the lightning mana as the rune blazed brightly.
Lassim's gaze was drawn and fell towards the rune, its chaotic, jagged lines cutting deep into the earth, but it was far from static. Red and black lightning pulsed along its edges, arcs of energy snapping outward before retreating, as though the rune itself was still under the elemental's control or infused with a life-giving will, aka intent; similar to Lassim's lightning fish.