Lightning Is the Only Way

Mortis found himself in the body of a mortal bird. The mortal bird was simply sitting on a tree, looking at five different eggs on the ground in the middle of a forest.

For a bit, Mortis had to get used to these new sensations. Not being able to control his own perception felt strange and alien. It was like he was only a spectator to someone else's actions. He had no control over anything.

After a while, Mortis saw a grey snake come out of one of the eggs, and Mortis saw the snake how the bird saw it.

Not food.

Possible danger.

These were the only two things the bird thought of the snake.

After a while, the newborn snake simply moved away and crawled into the thicket of the forest.

That's when Mortis' perspective changed to another animal.

Mortis had already known what would wait for him thanks to Gravis' experiences in Samsara, but it felt different than Mortis had expected.

For some reason, Mortis felt more nervous than he had believed.

Time passed, and the snake eventually grew up and became a Spirit Forming beast.

By now, Mortis had gotten used to his new situation. He focused on keeping his emotions isolated with the Law of Emotions so that he wouldn't get invested. Because of that, he felt quite relaxed in all of this.

However, there was one problem.

There was nothing Mortis could do.

He couldn't fight, comprehend Laws, or talk with anyone.

He couldn't even close his eyes.

In essence, he was forced to simply watch.

Some years passed, and Mortis managed to dissociate from what was happening in front of him. Now, whatever happened to the snake didn't concern Mortis. To him, it made no difference if something was happening around him or not. It had nothing to do with him.

Mortis only focused on himself.

However, Mortis couldn't lose himself like Gravis.

to, but something was stopping

in a sense, 100% of his mind had been immersed in this one thing.

couldn't

also couldn't just deactivate his

could be suppressed for a short time, but then,

about his future, about his present, about the things he had done, about the things he wanted to do, about past

the forefront in one of these random spurts of

I hadn't been distracted by Laws, I was distracted by others or

time

forced to just wait around

Gravis had gone through several times by now. There have been no distractions, and nothing interesting happened. It has only been me and

life of someone unfold right before him, and he was also assaulted by all the different

due to the emotions, any other person in Mortis' position would be

this entire thing might as well

Why?

of Emotions, which allowed him to isolate himself. Additionally, Mortis was more coldhearted than Gravis anyway, which meant that he generally cared

course, the isolation wasn't perfect. If it were perfect, Mortis wouldn't know the Major Law

they might accumulate into something dangerous. However, that would

if the isolation wasn't perfect, it was still good enough to

on, which forced him

on himself during Samsara, and now, Mortis was forced to

to think about, and even repeating the thoughts became

some point, Mortis only had uncomfortable thoughts

his

It was absolutely wonderful.

be with Azure

Gravis appeared in

powerful. Even more, Mortis didn't want to feel guilty by letting Gravis do all the

like he spent way too little time with

time with Azure, but

between his father and Orthar. Both of them had helped him, and

he actually wanted. It felt like it was something

Mortis actually want to

wanted to spend

Why couldn't he?

betraying his friends and family. Of course, they might not see his actions as a betrayal, but Mortis viewed them