LogFAQs > #973845005

First off, there was zero chance that horse would outrun that lightning even if he didn't hit a rock, that's literally asking a horse to run at the speed of light. Second, the electric flashes that were on his shield that got quicker and quicker before the lightning struck are indeed a sign of "take this metal shit off before lightning strikes you". Third, the game outright tells you the first time you enter a thunderstorm with a metal weapon or shield equipped that having metal weapons and shields equipped during thunderstorms will result in you getting a nasty zap if you don't swap to wood, Zonite, or something, so he should have already known this and not even had it on to begin with.