been seeing this occur occasionally for awhile now, narrowed it down to the Nervestaff + Lightning elemental.. when it absorbs the power of the flare - no Cast RT is added/incurred and can instant cast again afterwards.

Figured I'd report!



You gesture at a huge lightning elemental.
CS: +540 - TD: +433 + CvA: +25 + d100: +93 == +225
Warding failed!
A huge lightning elemental contorts in excruciating agony!
... 105 points of damage!

Several thin, fibrous white filaments erupt from your spiral-woven scepter and swirl around each other in a chaotic dance. Straining to reach a huge lightning elemental, they unleash a powerful surge of electrical current upon the object of their wrath!
The elemental absorbs the power.