Lightning Is the Only Way

Mortis had already expected something like this, but he still became nervous when he heard the words.

Break up with Joyce.

It sounded like the right decision, but for some reason, Mortis didn't want to.

Mortis had seen Joyce's Emotional Laws.

He knew that she could recover.

He knew that there was a good core inside of her.

He only had to find a way to make that core resurface.

"You saw her Emotional Laws," Mortis said to Gravis and Arc. "You know that there is a good core inside of her. You know that she is actually a good person. The way she acts, this isn't her."

Arc and Gravis nodded. "You're right," Gravis said. "There is a genuinely good core inside of her, but that core is suppressed under an avalanche of murky chaos."

"Yes, so we should search for a method to help her return to her true self," Mortis said.

Gravis sighed.

"Mortis," he said slowly. "It doesn't matter if she has a good core or not. Right now, she lacks the ability to have a normal relationship."

"Elaborate," Mortis said absentmindedly. He wanted to absorb Gravis' words while thinking about the information.

"You could say that Joyce has a good heart. However, she wears a mask," Arc said. "You could say that everyone has a real personality and a mask. Everyone puts up their mask when they are with others. After all, if we wear our emotions on our sleeve, we would constantly explode on everyone that says something that could annoy us."

Mortis nodded.

"Yet, that is only that, a mask. It is not our true personality," Arc continued. "Joyce's case is a bit special. Usually, people put on a mask to seem more likable and friendlier than they actually are, but in Joyce's case, she does the opposite. She tries to appear as cold and aggressive as possible."

"Another problem is the fact that Joyce has never taken off her mask in her entire life. Ever since she reached the Unity Realm, she tried to become ruthless and cold-hearted. It was definitely very difficult for her to prove to herself that she could be cruel."

"It has probably happened several times that she committed an act of cruelty simply for the fact to prove to herself that she could do it. I'm sure that, during all of these acts, Joyce felt immense pain inside of herself. Her Emotions were running rampant with guilt, self-loathing, pity, and several other kinds of empathetic emotions."

"However, if a person tries to change into someone else for long enough, they will be able to make the unfitting fit. Joyce's desired personality is incompatible with her real personality, but after hundreds of thousands of years, she managed to basically weld her mask onto her face."

"Joyce hasn't seen her true face in many, many years, and by now, she probably truly believes that the mask she sees every day is her genuine face."

Joyce's current personality is her real personality. The

darker and darker the more he listened

and Mortis could see exactly what

a way, one could say that Joyce had changed

not a healthy change, and this change would definitely make it very difficult for her to

that could wake Joyce's old

for

how Mortis still thought about the

"Mortis," Gravis said slowly.

Mortis looked at Gravis.

happiness is not your responsibility,"

to the side in

time together," Gravis continued. "What was the thing that you wanted to do when you saw

Mortis didn't say anything.

her happy," Gravis continued. "You are very attracted to her. So, it's only natural that you want to make her happy. Maybe give her a gift. Maybe make love to her. Maybe hug her. Maybe lay down with

you care about how she feels. You don't want her to be miserable since that would also make you miserable. You want her to feel great!

Gravis said. "I want Stella to have the best life imaginable, and I would do anything for her, and I know for a

as possible, I only feel more love for her, and I know that she also feels these same feelings when she feels my conviction. We often talked about how much we are in disbelief that the other

Mortis," Gravis said. "Mortis, you want to make Joyce happy in a

want

Silence.

thought back to his time with

to be

feel completely helpless in front of the other person. Her need to

incredibly important this was

she think of

Mortis was great!

incredibly powerful, and he was able to make Joyce feel things she had never felt

he wouldn't want to do

What would Joyce think?

that Mortis was a weak-willed pussy. In Joyce's mind, Mortis wouldn't

only someone

all boils down to how she feels,'

care how

how he made her

he couldn't make her feel