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

an overlapping priority that

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them

future, a person influenced by two competing sides decided to take

go towards

wouldn't go towards

would go towards

that led straight ahead was intrinsically linked

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

being yourself and

all, freedom was an integral part of

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require supreme

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

WHOOOOM!

it started to banish the

and freedom meant being

more runes left Gravis'

realized that his

get rid of his

never be

Divine Lightning resisted with

left Gravis' Spirit,

that black ocean

to

would lose its

his Divine Lightning, and an

desire freedom,

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

emotions and personality might clash with mine, but we both want

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

only leaves me the option to kill

my

Spirit one last time to gather the

got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

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

This Spirit was what allowed it

will was

and both of them

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

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

combine many

this just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Safety started to become more powerful until they

of Control, Suppression, and

Everything made sense now!

of one big thing, which

BOOOOM!

had always looked like a ball of ethereal wind, was

replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was

one would be

different perspective, they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful, but

only showing one objective truth, the