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.

something was stopping him, and he knew

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

time, Mortis couldn't immerse himself

just deactivate

mind could be suppressed for a short time, but then,

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

of these random spurts of thoughts. 'Is this what Orthar meant?' Mortis asked

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

had time

been forced to just wait around

this is exactly what Gravis had gone through several times by now. There have been no distractions, and nothing interesting

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

to the emotions, any other person in Mortis' position would be intrigued by what was

entire thing might

Why?

himself. Additionally, Mortis was more coldhearted than Gravis

Mortis wouldn't know the Major Law of Emotions, but the True Law of

accumulate into something dangerous. However, that would take a very,

even if the isolation wasn't perfect, it was still good enough to make everything Mortis saw

nothing to focus on, which forced him to focus on

on himself during Samsara, and now, Mortis was forced to do the same

of things to think

Mortis only had uncomfortable thoughts

about his time with

It was absolutely wonderful.

he could be with

Gravis appeared in Mortis'

powerful. Even more, Mortis didn't want to feel guilty by

Mortis also felt like he spent way too

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

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

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

Mortis actually want

spend more time with

Why couldn't he?

could only do that by betraying his friends and family. Of course, they might not see his actions as a betrayal,