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

was the result of an overlapping priority that both of them

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also

person influenced by two competing sides decided to take the

wouldn't go

go

would go towards

path that led straight ahead was

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

yourself and doing

all, freedom was an integral part

They were intrinsically connected.

freedom didn't necessarily require supreme

and free, and they

WHOOOOM!

shining as it started to banish the lightning

and freedom

more runes left Gravis' Spirit, he

realized that his earlier

had to get rid

would never be happy

became furious as the Divine

it left Gravis' Spirit, it

that

be able to change or

would lose

the weakening resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression

desire

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

clash with mine,

isn't an enemy,

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

my Spirit, not

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

when he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

this truly his

Gravis' perspective, it definitely was his Spirit. After all,

Spirit. This Spirit was what allowed it to become conscious and

a sense, its will

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

mirthlessly. 'Isn't that

WHOOOOOOM!

eyes widened as he stopped what he was doing. At the same

Spirit starting to combine many

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

of Danger and Safety started to become more powerful until they reached the power of

Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to resonate

Everything made sense now!

different parts of one big thing, which was

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a

warping motion. The Avatar was no longer blowing free with the wind but

one looked into the Avatar, one would be able to see many

and pitiful. Trees appeared

truth, the Avatar was now