It was a hard thing to be sure about. He'd tried every other rationalization he could before landing on 'lightning came out of my hands'. Big as fan as Billy was of heroes and powered individuals, he'd never seriously imagined he might have his own.
"It was...I don't know, it's never happened before. It...was like...a rush of...power, all at once, kind of hot, and- then it was gone. I didn't want to do it. I just wanted to ...stop him." Which the act had technically fulfilled, he supposed. "I just...wanted it some badly. But I swear, if stuff had ever shot out of my fingers before I would have noticed."