Six
A faint summer breeze caught Cerrigydrudion from the south-east on the morning of Tuesday, June 21st, 1994. By nine o’clock, it had cast away the majority of moisture that had been in the air for the past few days, and by the time that Benjamin awoke at nine thirty and opened his window at nine forty-five, he quickly realised that his chances of catching an electrical storm had passed. For the last two humid evenings, Benjamin had been anxious for the opportunity to use nature’s purest electrical current for his own ends and measures. Looking out the window, he saw past the sloping field that dropped away east from the house. He stared out for a full minute and then turned away to go back to his bed, picking up a white T-shirt from the floor along the way, punching his arms and head t
