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 exactly

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 immerse himself

also couldn't just deactivate his

for a short time,

done, about

spurts of thoughts. 'Is this what Orthar

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

never had time to think

never been forced to just wait around like

have been no distractions, and nothing interesting happened. It

there 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 of

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

for Mortis, this entire thing might

Why?

he had control over the Law of Emotions, which allowed him to isolate himself. Additionally, Mortis was more coldhearted than Gravis anyway, which meant that he generally cared less about the lives

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

emotions pass, and they might accumulate into something dangerous.

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

had nothing to focus on, which forced him to focus

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

things to think about, and

only had

his time with

It was absolutely wonderful.

could be with Azure every

Gravis appeared in Mortis'

wanted to become powerful. Even

also felt like he spent way too little time with Azure

with Azure, but

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

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

actually want to

wanted to spend more

Why couldn't he?

that by betraying his friends and family. Of course, they