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

overlapping priority that both of

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also desired

the future, a person influenced by two

go

go

go

straight ahead was

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

yourself and doing what you

be free. After all,

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require supreme

happy and free, and they certainly

WHOOOOM!

as it started to banish the lightning from

freedom, and

more runes left Gravis' Spirit, he

that his earlier indecision

had to get rid

he would never be happy

furious as the Divine

left Gravis' Spirit, it

would return to that

to change or

lose its

the weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression of

only desire freedom, huh?' Gravis

be able to make your own decisions. You want to think

with mine, but we both

anyone that isn't an enemy, and you are

only leaves me the option to kill you since your freedom encroaches on my

is my Spirit,

Spirit one last time to gather the remaining runes of the Law

he got

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly

all, he

perspective, this was its Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and sentient

its will was also

born with this Spirit, and both of them saw

'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

as he stopped what he was doing. At the same time, his Avatar was starting to shine in

combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Safety started to become more

Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a ball of ethereal wind,

vanished as it got replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free with the wind but changing

Avatar, one would be able to see

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

one objective truth, the Avatar