@cxntaurs gets some love
Magic was a weird thing. Gael always knew he had it. It manifested sometimes when his emotions were too high, too out of control... Still, it came as a surprise. As someone who never got the slightest trace of magical training, who lived his life as a muggle going to college and preparing for a job that would not make him happy but would pay well, he was not prepared to save himself from a mugger by zapping the thug into the nearest lamp post with a loud discharge of electricity.
Why was it always electricity?
All Gael could do, really, was look around in panic trying to make sure nobody saw what just happened... And much to his dismay, a man was there. A man that very clearly saw what just happened.
“I c- I can explain.”
No he couldn’t.
“This is... This is not what it looks like.”
