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.

tried to, but something was stopping

in a sense, 100% of his

Mortis couldn't immerse himself

couldn't just deactivate

could be suppressed for a short time, but then,

things he had done, about the things he wanted to do, about past decisions, about hypothetical decisions in

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

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

never had time to

been forced to just

times by now. There have been no distractions, and nothing interesting

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

emotions, any other person in

Mortis, this entire thing might as well

Why?

him to isolate himself. Additionally, Mortis was more coldhearted than Gravis anyway, which meant that he generally cared less about the

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

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

perfect, it was still good

nothing to focus on, which forced him

focus on himself during Samsara, and now, Mortis was

things to think about, and even repeating

some point, Mortis only

thought about his time with

It was absolutely wonderful.

wished he could be with Azure

appeared in

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

Mortis also felt like he spent way too

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

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

felt more like a responsibility instead of something he actually wanted. It felt like it was something he simply had to

actually

to spend more time with

Why couldn't he?

Of course, they