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

of an overlapping priority

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them

the future, a person influenced by two

wouldn't go

wouldn't go towards

go towards

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to

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

being yourself and doing what

all, freedom was an integral

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require

of mortals felt happy and free,

WHOOOOM!

shining as it started to banish the lightning from Gravis'

and

runes left Gravis'

realized that his

get

never be happy

became furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with all

left Gravis' Spirit, it would stop

that black ocean of

able to change

lose its

felt the weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression

only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

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

with mine, but we both

that isn't an enemy, and you are not my

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

is my Spirit, not

to gather the remaining runes of the

got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

perspective, it definitely was his Spirit. After all, he had been born with it. This

Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and sentient for the

a sense, its will was

have been born with this Spirit, and both of them saw it as

'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

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

starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly started

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

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

Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

things were just different parts of one big thing,

BOOOOM!

had always looked like

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

one looked into the Avatar, one would be able

sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful,

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