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

of an overlapping priority that both of

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them

a person influenced by two competing sides decided to take

wouldn't go

go

go

led straight ahead was intrinsically

on something in-between traveled onto a neutral path that

yourself and doing

free. After all, freedom was an integral part of

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require

free, and they certainly didn't

WHOOOOM!

Avatar of Freedom began shining as it

desired freedom, and freedom

more runes left Gravis' Spirit, he felt

his earlier indecision was

had to get

he would never be

became furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with

Spirit, it would

that

able to change or think

would lose

of his Divine Lightning, and an

desire freedom,

able to make your own decisions.

might clash with mine, but we both

to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy,

kill

is my Spirit,

last time to gather the remaining runes of the Law

when he got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

perspective, it definitely was his Spirit. After all, he had

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

a sense, its will was

born with this Spirit, and both

'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

what he was doing. At the same time, his Avatar was starting to shine in a grey

felt his Spirit starting to combine many different concepts.

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

and Safety started to become more powerful until

Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate with

Everything made sense now!

parts of one big thing, which was the concept

BOOOOM!

had always looked like a ball of ethereal wind, was

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

one looked into the Avatar, one would be able to

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

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