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 exactly

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

Mortis couldn't immerse himself in

also couldn't just deactivate his

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

start thinking about his past, about his future, about his present, about the things he had done, about the things he wanted to

forefront in one of these random spurts of thoughts. 'Is

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

had time to think

never been forced to just wait

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

After all, Mortis was watching the life of someone unfold right before him, and he was also assaulted

emotions, any other person in Mortis' position would

Mortis, this entire thing might as well not

Why?

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 of beings he perceived as

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

might accumulate into something dangerous.

still good enough

nothing to focus on, which forced

himself during Samsara,

things to think about, and even repeating the thoughts became

point, Mortis only had uncomfortable

thought about his time with

It was absolutely wonderful.

be with Azure every

appeared in Mortis'

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

spent way too little time with Azure

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

his father and Orthar. Both of them had helped

more like a responsibility instead of something he actually

actually want

wanted to spend more time

Why couldn't he?

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