Zzzap describing when things burn on him

“It feels … creepy when things burn on me.”
She tilted her head. “How so?”
“Did you ever see Carrie?”
“No.”
The glowing wraith made a buzzing noise, and Lynne realized it was a sigh. “Okay, he said, imagine what it would be like to have someone dump a few gallons of cold, rotted pig blood filled with maggots all over you.”
Her face twisted up. “That’s disgusting.”
“Yep.”
Cerberus glanced up at him. “Wuss.”
Lynne looked between the two heroes. “Is that what exes feel like?”
“That’s what everything solid feels like when I’m like this. Exes are worse because I have to think about what they are. The glowing outline shuddered in the air. I’ll do it to save lives, don’t get me wrong. But I’d rather wait until that moment if we can.”
“Switch lines,” called out Bee. “Let’s not get tired before we have to.”
Lynne gave them a quick nod and ran to the gate. The pikemen stepped back and handed off their weapons. She stepped forward with a new line and another score of exes twitched and dropped.
Cerberus glanced up at the brilliant figure. “That really what it feels like?”
“No,” he said, “It’s actually a lot worse. I’m just not very good with words.”

Excerpt From Ex-Heroes, pg 401-402
Peter Clines
https://books.apple.com/us/book/ex-heroes/id585738407