[ Aro stares at him. Thunder damage is so easily understood back home that it hadn't occurred to him that it might be strange. He shakes his head. ]

Vane, I make storms. Have you ever had a thunderclap go off right beside you? Loud, yes. Not loud enough to shatter bone [ because he learns that at a higher level, it'll come! ], but enough to damage hearing, even burst an eardrum? Absolutely.