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!

runes left Gravis' Spirit as he resumed

the result of an overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them also

of the future, a person influenced by two competing

wouldn't go

go

go towards

the path that led straight ahead was intrinsically

the mixed person that had decided on something in-between traveled onto a neutral path that would lead into a path

and doing what you

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

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require supreme

free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

it started to banish the lightning from Gravis'

and freedom

runes left Gravis' Spirit, he felt

that his earlier

get rid

never be

furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with all

Spirit, it would stop

that

able to

would lose

of his Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared on

only desire freedom,

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

with

to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and

only leaves me the option to kill you since

is my

gather

he got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

it definitely was his Spirit. After all, he

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

will

and both of them saw

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

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

combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Danger and Safety started to become more

Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a ball of ethereal wind, was

vanished as it got replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free with the wind but

the Avatar, one would be able to see

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

showing one objective truth, the Avatar was