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, and he knew

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

this time, Mortis couldn't immerse himself

couldn't just deactivate

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

about the things he had done, about the things he wanted to do,

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

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

time

been forced to just wait around like

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

all, Mortis was watching the life of someone unfold right

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

this entire thing might as

Why?

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

Mortis wouldn't know

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

was still good enough to make everything Mortis

on, which forced

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

things to think about, and even repeating

point, Mortis only had

his time

It was absolutely wonderful.

wished he could be with Azure every single

then, Gravis appeared in Mortis'

Even more, Mortis didn't want to

also felt like he spent way too little time with Azure

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

his father and

he actually wanted. It felt like

Mortis actually want

to spend

Why couldn't he?

do that by betraying his friends and family. Of course, they might not see his