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

result of an overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also

person influenced by two competing sides decided to take the middle

go towards

wouldn't go towards

would go

ahead was intrinsically linked to the path of

on something in-between traveled onto a neutral path that would lead into a path

being yourself and doing what you

all, freedom was an integral part of

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily

free, and they

WHOOOOM!

of Freedom began shining as it started to banish the lightning from

and freedom meant

Gravis' Spirit, he

his earlier indecision

had to get rid of his

never be happy

became furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with all its

left Gravis' Spirit, it would

would return to that black ocean of

to change

would lose

the weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression

only desire

long, you also only want to be able to make your own

clash with mine, but we both

isn't an enemy, and

kill

is my Spirit, not

gather the remaining runes of

got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

Spirit. After all, he had been

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

sense, its will

with this Spirit, and both of them saw it

'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

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

combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly started

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

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

the Laws of Control, Suppression, and

Everything made sense now!

these things were just different parts of one

BOOOOM!

always looked like a ball of ethereal wind,

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

Avatar, one would be able to see

appear. They appeared happy, but from a different perspective, they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they also appeared ugly. Food that was delicious could also

the Avatar was now showing all subjective