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.

was stopping him, and he

his sense of time, he had been focused on comprehending something. So, in a sense,

couldn't immerse himself

also couldn't just deactivate

a short time, but then,

would start thinking about his past, about his future, about his present, about the things he had done, about the things he

one of these random spurts of thoughts. 'Is this what Orthar meant?' Mortis asked

my entire life. If I hadn't been distracted by

time to think about

never been forced to just wait

what Gravis had gone through several times by now. There have been

exactly correct. After all, Mortis was watching the life of someone unfold right before him, and

any other person in Mortis' position would be

this entire thing might as well not

Why?

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

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

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

still good

to focus on, which forced him to

during Samsara, and now, Mortis was forced to

to think about,

only

his time

It was absolutely wonderful.

wished he could be with Azure

then, Gravis appeared in

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

he spent way too little time

more time with Azure, but he couldn't due

issue between his father and Orthar. Both of them had

actually

did Mortis actually want to

spend more time

Why couldn't he?

by betraying his friends and family. Of course, they might not see