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.

stopping him,

time, he had been focused on comprehending something. So, in a sense, 100% of his mind had been immersed in this one thing. These things had

time, Mortis couldn't

couldn't just deactivate his

be suppressed for a short time, but then,

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

random spurts of thoughts. 'Is this

life. If I hadn't been distracted by Laws, I was distracted by

actually never had time

never been forced to just wait around

have been no distractions, and nothing interesting happened. It has only been me

were no distractions wasn't exactly correct. After all, Mortis was watching the life of someone unfold right before him, and he was also assaulted by all the different emotions

emotions, any other person in Mortis' position would be intrigued

Mortis, this entire thing

Why?

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

perfect. If it were perfect, Mortis wouldn't know the Major Law of Emotions, but the True Law of

pass, and they might accumulate into something dangerous. However, that would take a very, very

it was still good

focus on, which forced him to focus on

during Samsara, and now, Mortis was forced

Mortis ran out of things to think

Mortis only had uncomfortable thoughts

his time

It was absolutely wonderful.

be with

Gravis appeared

to journey more with Gravis, and he wanted to become powerful. Even more, Mortis didn't want to feel guilty

like he spent way too little time with

to spend more time with Azure, but he couldn't due to

top of that, Mortis also wanted to resolve the issue between his father and Orthar. Both of them had helped him,

this part felt more like a responsibility instead of something he actually wanted. It felt like it was something he simply had to

actually

wanted to spend more time

Why couldn't he?

course, they might not see his actions as a betrayal, but Mortis viewed them as