Lightning Is the Only Way

SSSHHH!

Runes of Laws started to leave Gravis' Spirit. As they touched the outside world, they combined with the inherent Laws of the world and vanished. It was like a drop of white water was thrown into an ocean of black. The drop vanished and scattered as it got absorbed by the world and became part of it.

Gravis felt himself become furious.

However, it wasn't himself that became furious, but his Divine Lightning.

It would not stop until it became Gravis!

SSSHHH!

More runes left Gravis' Spirit, but he still felt himself changing.

His movements became slower as he started questioning himself.

'Is that truly necessary?' he asked himself. 'So what if I change? I'm still me, right?'

'Why do I need to get rid of my lightning? That would be stupid. This is an integral part of my power, and I can't abandon it.'

'How did I even come up with that idea?'

Gravis started to hesitate as the runes stopped leaving his Spirit. Was this truly the right decision?

'Is it truly me that is deciding to stop now?' Gravis asked himself. 'Has my lightning changed me so much that I no longer see an issue with keeping it?'

'Why was I even so adamant about abandoning it?'

'I don't get it,' Gravis thought.

This was the effect of lightning's influence. The speed at which it took over Gravis' Spirit had slowed down, but it still made progress.

Suddenly, Gravis started thinking that it wasn't so bad to keep his lightning.

After all, it gave him immense power.

How would he be able to achieve supreme power without it?

Without noticing it, Gravis' priorities had already started shifting. He was not considering happiness but power.

Suddenly, Gravis frowned.

'Yet, I still want freedom, and my lightning is influencing me. Isn't being able to be yourself part of being free? I want to do what I want and be what I want.'

'But what do I actually want?'

'Power?'

'Yes, I want that pretty badly.'

'Happiness?'

'Sure, sounds great.'

'Freedom?'

…

…

…

'Yes, I think freedom is what I want, and freedom means being myself.'

SSSSHHHH!

Spirit as he resumed

overlapping priority that

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also desired

of the future, a person influenced by

wouldn't go towards

wouldn't go towards

would go towards

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked

person that had decided on something in-between traveled onto a neutral path that would

meant being yourself and

all, freedom was an integral part

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily

happy and free, and they certainly didn't have supreme

WHOOOOM!

began shining as it

and freedom

runes left Gravis' Spirit,

his earlier indecision

had to get rid of

he would never be

the Divine Lightning resisted

Spirit, it would stop

to that black

to change

would lose its

of his Divine Lightning,

desire freedom, huh?'

also only want to be able to make your own decisions.

personality might clash with mine, but we both

want to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy,

to kill you since your

my Spirit, not

his Spirit one last time to gather the remaining runes of

got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

truly

his Spirit. After all, he had been born

Gravis also realized that, from the lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and

its will was also born

been born with this Spirit, and both of them saw

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

he was doing. At the same time, his Avatar was starting to

to combine many different concepts.

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Laws of Danger and Safety started to become more powerful until they

Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate

Everything made sense now!

these things were just different parts of one big thing, which

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a ball

warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free with the wind

one looked into the Avatar, one would be

but from a different perspective, they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they

truth, the Avatar was