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

was the result of an overlapping

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them

a person influenced by two competing

go

wouldn't go

go

the path that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked

that, the mixed person that had decided on something in-between traveled onto a neutral path that would lead into a path

meant being yourself and

be free. After all,

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require

happy and free, and they certainly didn't

WHOOOOM!

Freedom began shining as it started to banish the lightning from Gravis'

freedom, and freedom meant being

runes left Gravis' Spirit,

his earlier

had to get rid of

he would never

the Divine Lightning resisted with all its

Spirit, it

return to that black ocean of

to change or think

would lose its

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

also only desire freedom,

make your own decisions. You want

clash with mine, but we

don't want to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and you are not

leaves me the option to kill you

is my Spirit,

one last time to gather the

when he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

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

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

sense, its will was also born with

Spirit, and both

mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

doing. At the same time, his Avatar was starting to shine

starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Safety started to become more powerful until they reached the power

Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

had always looked like a ball of ethereal

replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar

one would

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

one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing all