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!

runes left Gravis' Spirit as he resumed

of an overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them

influenced by two competing sides decided

go towards

go

would go

ahead was

of that, the mixed person that had decided on something in-between traveled onto a neutral

meant being yourself and doing what you

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

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require

mortals felt happy and free, and they certainly didn't have supreme

WHOOOOM!

shining as it started to banish the

and freedom meant being

Gravis' Spirit,

that his earlier indecision was

had to get

would never

became furious as the Divine

Spirit, it would

to that black ocean

able to

lose its

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

also only desire freedom,

you also only want to be able to make your own decisions. You want to think for yourself

personality might clash with

want to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy,

option to kill

is my Spirit,

his Spirit one last time to gather the remaining runes

he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

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

perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was

its will was also

born with this Spirit, and both of them saw

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

what he was doing. At the same

many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

to become more powerful until they

Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

different parts of one big thing, which was

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a

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

into the Avatar, one would be able to see many

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

only showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing