Bella's shield is supposed to protect her from powers that affet the mind. However, her shield is easily able to protect her from Kate's electric shock, which is a physical power. How can she deflect Kate's physical power?
Kate's power is not physical. Her power works like Jane's. She is not actually running an electric current over her body. She is just creating that illusion in your head and it gives you a VERY powerful shock, enough to incapacitate a vampire.
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But in the book pg. 598, "Heavens knows i've been working on it for centuries and the best I can do is run a current over my skin." p. 600 "It used to be just in my palms, ...I can radiate the current all over my body". From what Kate says, her power sound physical
It could be that it works like Aro's and has to have physical contact and she projects it so that it doesn't matter where you touch her you still get the illusion.
idk if i am right because i was just as questionable as you but have you ever considered that Kate's power is similar to Janes, that it only makes the mind think that it's in pain? now idk if it is right but thats wat i considered.