Hello and Welcome!

Lightning is fucking weird and tends to vary by case to case from what I can tell. For me, it was like when you hit something wrong with a baseball bat--sort of that bone-deep jolt you get in your wrists/hands, except like, your whole skeleton. It was only for a second, and then next thing I knew I was on the ground and the only thing that really hurt was the actual spot where it hit me because of the burn. It was really bizarre.

First, let's establish that your Carson edit is effin' beautiful and this is not a hate message. I just wanted to point out that those branching patterns after a lightning strike are called Lichtenberg figures, and they actually go away after a while. I was struck by lightning and had a nice one running up my arm, but it went away after a few hours. The burn scar would totes stick around, though. Super badass.