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.

to, but something was stopping

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

time, Mortis couldn't

couldn't just

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

had done, about the things he

thought jumped to the forefront in one of these random spurts of thoughts. 'Is this

I hadn't been distracted by Laws, I was distracted by others or by fighting

time to think about

forced to just wait around like

There have been 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

the emotions, any other person in Mortis'

this entire thing might

Why?

himself. Additionally, Mortis was more coldhearted than

perfect. If it were perfect, Mortis wouldn't know

and they might accumulate into something dangerous. However, that would take a very, very

was still good enough to make everything Mortis saw incredibly

to focus on, which forced him

always needed to focus on himself during Samsara, and now, Mortis was

of things to think

only had

about his

It was absolutely wonderful.

could be with Azure

appeared in Mortis'

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

way

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

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

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

actually

spend

Why couldn't he?

he could only do that by betraying his friends and family. Of course, they might