Zzzap heats up the air to 600 degrees, St George can take it

“George, when I change everything around me tends to get incinerated by the radiation surge. The air all around the energy form hits six hundred degrees before I get it under control. It only takes a second, but still…”
“So? You know it wouldn’t hurt me. Might’ve woken me up sooner.”

Excerpt From Ex-Isle, pg 358
Peter Clines
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