Not Exactly As Quick As Lightning

(I am cuddling with my girlfriend. We just finished watching a video that showed lightning in slow motion.)

Me: “I don’t like lightning.”

Girlfriend: “I actually think it’s really cool.”

Me: “Oh, I don’t mind it as long as I’m safe, but the way it works is not good.”

Girlfriend: “Yeah, the science of it is really weird.”

Me: “I don’t know much about the science. It just annoys me that it starts on the ground and goes up.”

Girlfriend: “Wait, it does what?”

(I later looked it up and it’s more complicated than that, but I didn’t know at the time.)