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 resumed

the result of an overlapping priority that both of

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

them also desired

future, a person influenced by

go

wouldn't go

go

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to

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

and doing what

someone to be free. After all, freedom

They were intrinsically connected.

necessarily require supreme

and free, and they

WHOOOOM!

of Freedom began shining as it started to banish

freedom, and

runes left Gravis' Spirit, he felt himself

that his

to get

he would never

the Divine Lightning resisted

Gravis' Spirit, it would

to that

to change

would lose its

Lightning, and an expression of sadness appeared on his

also only desire freedom,

be able to make your own decisions. You want to think for yourself and do what you

emotions and personality might clash with mine, but we both want

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

the option to kill you since your freedom encroaches

my Spirit,

grabbed his Spirit one last time to gather

when he got reminded of

His Spirit was lightning.

truly

Spirit. After all, he had

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

will was

and both of them

mirthlessly. 'Isn't that just

WHOOOOOOM!

he was doing. At the same time, his Avatar was starting to shine in a grey

to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly

just

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

and Safety started to become more powerful until they reached

Suppression, and Freedom started to

Everything made sense now!

were just different parts of one big thing,

BOOOOM!

like a ball of ethereal

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

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

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

objective truth, the Avatar was now showing all