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!

left Gravis' Spirit as

of an overlapping priority that both of

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also

by two competing sides decided to take the

go towards

go

go

the path that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked

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

yourself and

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

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily

and free,

WHOOOOM!

Freedom began shining as it started to

freedom, and freedom

more runes left Gravis' Spirit,

his earlier indecision

get rid

never be happy

the Divine

it left Gravis' Spirit, it would

would return to that black ocean

able to change

would lose

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

only desire

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

clash with mine, but we both

suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and you are not my

to kill you since

is my Spirit,

Spirit one last time to gather the remaining runes of the Law of

got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

truly

all, he had been born with

realized that, from the lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This

its will was also born with

Spirit, and both of them saw

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't

WHOOOOOOM!

was doing. At the same

felt his Spirit starting to combine many

this just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Safety started to become more powerful until they reached

and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

things were just different parts of one big thing, which was the concept of Perceived

BOOOOM!

looked like a

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

one would be able to

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 be

one objective truth, the