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

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

Mortis couldn't immerse

also couldn't just

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

had done, about

to the forefront in one of these random spurts of

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

actually never had time

to just wait

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

was watching the life of someone

other person in Mortis' position would be intrigued

this entire thing

Why?

Mortis was more coldhearted than Gravis

If it were perfect, Mortis wouldn't know the Major Law of Emotions, but the True Law of

let some emotions pass, and they might accumulate into something dangerous. However, that

isolation wasn't perfect, it was still good

on, which forced him to focus

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

Mortis ran out of things to think about, and

only had uncomfortable

about his time with

It was absolutely wonderful.

could be

then, Gravis appeared

with Gravis, and he wanted to become powerful. Even more,

way too little time

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

father and Orthar.

he actually

actually

wanted to spend more time

Why couldn't he?

and family. Of course, they might not see his actions