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!

left Gravis' Spirit

result of an overlapping

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

both of them

influenced by two

wouldn't go

wouldn't go towards

go towards

ahead was intrinsically linked to the

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

and doing what you

free. After all, freedom was

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily

felt happy and free, and they certainly didn't

WHOOOOM!

shining as it started

and

Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

his earlier indecision was

to get rid of his

would never be happy

furious as the Divine Lightning resisted with

Spirit, it would

would return to that

able to

would lose

Divine Lightning, and an expression of sadness

desire freedom,

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

emotions and personality might clash with mine, but

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

me the option to kill you

my Spirit,

one last time to gather the

he got

His Spirit was lightning.

truly his

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

realized that, from the lightning's perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to

will was

have been born with this Spirit, and

'Isn't

WHOOOOOOM!

he stopped what he was doing. At the same time,

starting to combine many different concepts. Disconnected

this just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

to become more powerful until they reached the power of level

and

Everything made sense now!

different parts of one big thing, which was

BOOOOM!

looked like a

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

would be able to see many different

pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed

of only showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing