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 him, and

time, he had been focused on comprehending something. So, in a sense, 100%

Mortis couldn't immerse himself

just deactivate

for a short time, but then, he would involuntarily

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

of

If I hadn't been distracted by Laws, I was distracted

had time to think

to just wait around

Gravis had gone through several times by now. There have been no distractions,

life of someone unfold right before him, and he was also assaulted by all the different emotions

in Mortis' position would

thing might as well not

Why?

which allowed him to isolate himself. Additionally, Mortis was more coldhearted than Gravis anyway, which meant that he generally

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

and they might accumulate into something dangerous. However, that

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

on, which forced

during Samsara, and now, Mortis was forced to

out of things to think about,

Mortis only had uncomfortable

his time

It was absolutely wonderful.

wished he could be with Azure every single

then, Gravis appeared in Mortis'

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

felt like he spent way too

time with Azure, but he couldn't due

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 simply had

Mortis actually want to

to spend more

Why couldn't he?

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