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 both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also

a person influenced by

go towards

wouldn't go towards

would go

ahead was intrinsically linked

decided on something in-between traveled onto a

being yourself and

be free. After all, freedom was an

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require

mortals felt happy and free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

shining as it started to banish the lightning from

freedom, and freedom meant being

Gravis'

that his earlier

get rid

never be happy

as the Divine Lightning resisted

Gravis' Spirit, it

return to that black ocean of

be able to change

would lose

his Divine Lightning, and an

only desire freedom, huh?'

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

with mine, but we both want

suppress anyone that isn't an

to kill you since your freedom encroaches on my

is my

gather the remaining runes of

when he got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

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

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

its will was also born

with this Spirit, and both of

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

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

Spirit starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

more powerful until

and Freedom started

Everything made sense now!

parts of one big thing, which was the concept of Perceived

BOOOOM!

always looked like a ball of ethereal

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

the Avatar, one would be able to

Trees appeared

showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing