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!

Gravis' Spirit

was the result of an overlapping

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them

influenced by

go towards

wouldn't go

go towards

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the path of

had decided on something in-between traveled onto a neutral

and

allowed someone to be free. After all, freedom was an integral part of

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily

free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

Avatar of Freedom began shining as it started to

and

left Gravis' Spirit, he felt

realized that his earlier indecision

to get rid of

would never be happy

as the Divine Lightning resisted with all its

it left Gravis' Spirit, it

to that black

to

lose its

Divine Lightning, and an

also only desire freedom, huh?'

long, you also only want to be able to make your own decisions. You want to think for

personality might clash with mine, but we both want

anyone that isn't an enemy, and you are

only leaves me the option to kill you since your freedom encroaches

is my Spirit,

grabbed his Spirit one last time to gather the remaining runes

he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

was his Spirit. After all, he had been born

lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what

its will was also born with

with this Spirit, and both of them saw

mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

stopped what he was doing. At the same time, his

his Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly started

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

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

the Laws of Control, Suppression, and

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

like a ball

it got replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free

Avatar, one would be able

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

only showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing all