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

overlapping priority

Divine Lightning wanted power.

Gravis wanted happiness.

of them also desired

by two competing sides

wouldn't go towards

wouldn't go

would go

led straight ahead was intrinsically linked to the

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

yourself and doing what you

be free. After all, freedom was an

They were intrinsically connected.

didn't necessarily require supreme

felt happy and free, and they

WHOOOOM!

Avatar of Freedom began shining as it started

freedom, and freedom meant

left Gravis'

that his earlier indecision

had to get rid of

he would never

Divine Lightning resisted with

left Gravis' Spirit, it would

return to that

be able to change or think

would lose

Divine Lightning, and an expression of

desire freedom, huh?'

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

personality might clash with mine, but

anyone that isn't an enemy, and you are not

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

is my Spirit,

gather the remaining runes of the Law of

he got reminded

His Spirit was lightning.

truly

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

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

sense, its will was also

born with this Spirit, and both of them saw

'Isn't

WHOOOOOOM!

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

to combine many different concepts. Disconnected rules suddenly

just Perceived

'It is Perceived Reality!'

BOOOOM!

Danger and Safety started to become more powerful

Laws of Control, Suppression, and Freedom

Everything made sense now!

of these things were just different parts of one

BOOOOM!

which had always looked like a ball

it got replaced with a grey, warping motion. The Avatar

Avatar, one would

from a different perspective, they appeared sad and pitiful. Trees appeared that seemed beautiful,

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