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 knew

in a sense, 100% of his mind had been immersed in this one

Mortis couldn't immerse himself

couldn't just deactivate his

for a short time, but then,

present, about the things he had done, about the things

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

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

had time to

to just wait around

several times by now. There have been no distractions, and nothing interesting happened. It has only been me and

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

any other person in Mortis' position

thing

Why?

Additionally, Mortis was more coldhearted than Gravis anyway, which meant that

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

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

perfect, it was still good enough to make everything Mortis saw incredibly

had nothing to focus on, which forced him

during Samsara, and now, Mortis

out of things to think about, and even repeating the

some point, Mortis only had uncomfortable

thought about his

It was absolutely wonderful.

wished he could be with Azure

Gravis appeared

journey more with Gravis, and he wanted to become powerful. Even more,

Mortis also felt like he spent way too little time with Azure because

with Azure, but he couldn't due to his

to resolve the issue between his father and

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

Mortis actually

spend

Why couldn't he?

course, they