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.

something was stopping him,

a sense, 100% of

couldn't immerse himself in

also couldn't just deactivate

short time, but then, he would involuntarily

about 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 hypothetical scenarios, about

one of these random spurts of thoughts. 'Is

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

never had time to think

to just wait around

had gone through several times by now. There have

the life of someone unfold

the emotions, any other person in Mortis' position would be

entire thing might as well not

Why?

control over the Law of Emotions, which allowed him to isolate himself. Additionally, Mortis was more coldhearted than Gravis anyway,

course, the isolation wasn't perfect. If it were perfect, Mortis wouldn't know

into

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

which

himself during Samsara, and now, Mortis was forced to do the

of things to think about, and even

Mortis only had uncomfortable

thought about his time

It was absolutely wonderful.

wished he could be

Gravis appeared in

to become powerful. Even

way too little time with Azure

with Azure, but he couldn't due to

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

something he actually wanted. It felt like

actually

wanted to spend more time

Why couldn't he?

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