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 as he

of an overlapping priority that

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also

of the future, a person influenced by

go

go towards

go towards

the path that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked

onto a neutral path that would lead into a path

being yourself and

all,

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily

happy and free, and they certainly didn't

WHOOOOM!

shining as it

desired freedom, and

runes left Gravis' Spirit, he

that his

to get

he would never be

furious as the Divine Lightning

left Gravis' Spirit, it would

that black ocean of

able to change or

would lose its

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

only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

to be able to make your own decisions. You want to think for yourself and do what

clash with mine, but we

to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and

the option to kill you since your freedom

my Spirit,

to gather the remaining runes of the

got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

truly

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

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

a sense, its will was

Spirit, and both of them

mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

was doing. At the same

starting to combine many different concepts.

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

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

the Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started

Everything made sense now!

of one big thing, which

BOOOOM!

had always looked like

warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free

Avatar, one would be able

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

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