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 banishing

overlapping priority

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them

of the future, a person influenced by two competing sides decided to take the

go towards

wouldn't go towards

would go

ahead was intrinsically linked to the path

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

and

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

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require supreme

happy and free, and they

WHOOOOM!

began shining as it started

and freedom meant

runes left Gravis'

his earlier indecision was

get rid of

never be

furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with all

it left Gravis' Spirit, it would

that black

able to change or think

would lose its

resistance of his Divine Lightning, and

also only desire freedom,

to make your own decisions. You want to think for yourself

with mine, but

suppress anyone that isn't

only leaves me the option to kill you

my

gather the remaining runes of

got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

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

from the lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become

sense, its will

this Spirit, and both of them saw it as their

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

was doing. At the

his Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

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

Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate

Everything made sense now!

of one big thing, which was the concept

BOOOOM!

looked like a

replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer

would

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

of only showing one objective truth, the Avatar was