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.

but something was stopping him, and he knew exactly

comprehending something. So, in a sense, 100% of his

couldn't immerse

couldn't just deactivate

for a short time, but then,

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

spurts of thoughts. 'Is this

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

actually never had time to

never been forced to just wait around

gone through several times by now. There have

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

to the emotions, any other person in Mortis' position would be intrigued by what

Mortis, this entire thing might as well

Why?

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

perfect. If it were perfect, Mortis wouldn't know the Major Law

isolation would let some emotions pass, and they might accumulate into something dangerous. However, that would take a very, very long

it was still good enough to make everything Mortis

focus on, which forced him to focus

always needed to focus on himself during Samsara, and now, Mortis was forced to do the same

out of things to think about, and even repeating

Mortis only had uncomfortable thoughts

about his

It was absolutely wonderful.

he could be with

appeared in Mortis'

wanted to become powerful. Even more,

like he spent way too little time

more time with Azure,

between his father and Orthar. Both of them had helped

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

Mortis actually want

to spend more time with

Why couldn't he?

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