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

of an overlapping priority that

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them also

crossroads of the future, a person influenced by two competing sides decided

go towards

go

go towards

straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the

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

yourself and

all, freedom

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require

felt happy and free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

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

desired freedom, and freedom

Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

realized that his earlier

had to get rid of his

never be

Divine Lightning resisted with all

it left Gravis' Spirit, it would

would return to that

wouldn't be able to change

would lose

his Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness

only desire freedom,

to make your own decisions. You want to think for yourself

with mine, but we both

to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and

leaves me the option to kill you since your freedom

is my Spirit, not

one last time to gather the remaining

got

His Spirit was lightning.

truly

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

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

its will was also born with

been born with this Spirit, and

thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't

WHOOOOOOM!

stopped what he was doing. At the same time,

felt his Spirit starting to combine many different concepts.

this just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

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

Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate with

Everything made sense now!

things were just different parts of one big thing,

BOOOOM!

always looked like a

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

Avatar, one would

appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but they also appeared ugly.

showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing