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

had 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. These things had been

this time, Mortis couldn't

couldn't just deactivate

could be suppressed for a short time, but then,

his present, about the things he had done, about

of thoughts. 'Is this what Orthar meant?' Mortis asked

by Laws, I was distracted by others or by fighting for my

actually never had time

forced to just

by now. There have been no distractions,

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

person in Mortis' position would be

entire thing might

Why?

Law of Emotions, which allowed him to isolate himself. Additionally, Mortis was more coldhearted than Gravis

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

and they might accumulate into something dangerous.

still good enough to make everything Mortis

had nothing to focus on, which

focus on himself during Samsara,

ran out of things to think

point, Mortis only

his

It was absolutely wonderful.

he could be

Gravis appeared

powerful. Even more, Mortis

way too little time with Azure because of

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

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

something he actually wanted. It felt like

actually want

spend more time with

Why couldn't he?

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