Just Add Lightning – Laser Time #402

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Just Add Lightning – Laser Time #402

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Feb 18, 2020

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As one of the most dangerous and unpredictable forces in our natural world, lightning is not to be trifled with. Unless you’re making a movie! Then lightning can raise the dead, transfer souls, cause machines to malfunction, grant sentience, bestow... Read more

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Feb 18, 2020

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Just Add Lightning – Laser Time #402

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