With the others watching from a safe distance, Lykos approached the pillar, and, very carefully, touched the tip of his blade to the stone.<br/><br/>It was only his incredible reflexes that kept him from throwing the blade as lightning<em>exploded</em>from the stone and into the sword but, surprisingly,<em>not</em>into him. Even so, the sheer force of the blast would knock him back and away from the stone several feet, and would seemingly coat his blade in pure lightning.<br/><br/>(His blade now, permanently, is affected by the Shock property.)