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 as he

the result of an overlapping

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also

future, a person influenced by two competing

go

wouldn't go towards

go

path that led straight ahead was intrinsically

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

yourself and doing

someone to be free. After all, freedom was

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily

happy and free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

Avatar of Freedom began shining as it started to banish the lightning

and freedom meant

left Gravis' Spirit,

realized that his earlier indecision

to get

he would never be

the Divine Lightning resisted with all

it left Gravis' Spirit, it would stop

to that black ocean of

wouldn't be able to change or think

would lose

Lightning, and an expression

only desire freedom,

to make your own decisions. You want to think

and personality might clash with mine, but we both want

to suppress anyone that isn't an enemy, and you

that only leaves me the option to kill you

my Spirit,

his Spirit one last time to gather

he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

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

was its Spirit. This

a sense, its will was also born with

sides have been born with this Spirit, and both of them saw it as

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

was doing. At the

starting to combine many

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Danger and Safety started to become more powerful until they reached

Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

Avatar, which had always looked like a

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

one would be able

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

showing one objective truth, the Avatar was