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!

Spirit as he resumed banishing

an overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also

the crossroads of the future, a person influenced by two

go towards

go towards

would go towards

that led straight ahead was intrinsically

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

being yourself and doing what

to be free. After all, freedom

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily

and free, and they certainly didn't have supreme

WHOOOOM!

began shining as it started to banish the lightning from

desired freedom, and freedom meant being

Gravis' Spirit, he

that his

had to get rid of his

never be happy

became furious as the Divine Lightning resisted

Spirit, it would stop

to that

be able to change or

lose

weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression of

desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

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

clash with mine,

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

leaves me the option to kill you since your freedom

is my Spirit, not

grabbed his Spirit one last time to gather the

when he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

all, he

Gravis 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

will was also

been born with this Spirit, and both

'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

the same time, his Avatar was

combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

started to become more powerful until

the Laws of Control, Suppression, and

Everything made sense now!

different parts of one big thing, which

BOOOOM!

had always looked like a

The Avatar was no longer blowing free with the

the Avatar, one would be

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

one objective truth, the Avatar