Zzzap has no middle speed, how he sees the ocean

SLOW WASN’T IN Zzzap’s nature in the energy form. His speed tended to fall into either “ambling” or “supersonic” categories. There wasn’t much in between.
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In his eyes—well, if the energy form had actual eyes—the ocean was a riot of temperature swirls and electromagnetic currents. Every wave and ripple sent out dozens more across the wide spectrum he could see. Plus it reflected some of his own energy back at him. It was swirling paint and clouds in coffee and lines of force and a dozen other things all at once. He’d tried to explain to people that sometimes he was almost blinded by the sheer, overwhelming excess of it all.
And that was all just on the top. If he looked beneath the surface of the water, it became layers and layers of patterns. So much movement and energy.

Excerpt From Ex-Isle, pg 619-620
Peter Clines
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