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 as he resumed

an overlapping priority that both

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them

a person influenced by two competing

go towards

wouldn't go

go towards

straight ahead was intrinsically

onto a neutral path that would lead into

yourself and doing what you

free. After all,

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require supreme

free, and they certainly didn't have

WHOOOOM!

as it started to

and

runes left Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

his

had to get rid

never

Divine Lightning resisted with all its

Gravis' Spirit, it would

that black

wouldn't be able to change or think

lose

resistance of his Divine Lightning, and an expression

only desire

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

personality might clash with mine, but we both want

isn't an enemy, and

kill you since your freedom

my

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

when he got reminded of his

His Spirit was lightning.

truly

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

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

its will was also

and both of them saw

Gravis thought mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just Perceived

WHOOOOOOM!

what he was doing. At the same time,

starting to combine many

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

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

of Control, Suppression, and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

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

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a ball of ethereal wind,

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

the Avatar, one would be able to see many

perspective, they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed

only showing one objective truth, the Avatar was now showing all subjective