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

something. So, in a sense, 100% of his mind had been immersed in this one thing.

Mortis couldn't immerse

couldn't just

a short time, but then, he would involuntarily start thinking

his past, about his future, about his present, about the things he had done, about the things he wanted to do, about past decisions, about hypothetical decisions in

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

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

time to think

been forced to just wait around like

this is exactly what Gravis had gone through several times by now. There have been no

there 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 of

in Mortis' position would be intrigued

for Mortis, this entire thing

Why?

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

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

emotions pass, and they might accumulate into something

if the isolation wasn't perfect, it was still good enough to make

focus on, which forced him to focus

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

think about,

some point, Mortis only

his

It was absolutely wonderful.

be

Gravis appeared

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

felt like he spent way too little time

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

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

like a responsibility instead of something he actually wanted. It felt like it was something

Mortis actually

spend more time

Why couldn't he?

friends and family. Of course, they