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.

but something was stopping him, and he knew

time, he had been focused on comprehending something. So, in a sense, 100% of his mind had

this time, Mortis couldn't immerse himself

also couldn't just

mind could be suppressed for a short time, but then, he would involuntarily

he had done, about

in one of these random spurts of thoughts. 'Is this what Orthar meant?'

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

never had time to

never been forced to just wait

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

After all, Mortis was watching the life of someone unfold right before him,

person in Mortis' position would be

thing might as well

Why?

to isolate himself. Additionally, Mortis was more coldhearted

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

they might accumulate into something dangerous. However, that would

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

which forced him to focus

had always needed to focus on himself during Samsara, and now, Mortis was forced

to think about, and even repeating the thoughts became

Mortis only

thought about his

It was absolutely wonderful.

wished he could be with Azure every single

appeared

wanted to become powerful. Even more, Mortis didn't want to feel guilty by letting Gravis

way too little time

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

between his father

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

actually want

spend more time

Why couldn't he?

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