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

time, he had been focused on comprehending something. So, in a sense, 100% of his mind had been immersed in this one thing. These

this time, Mortis couldn't immerse himself

just

a short time, but then, he

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

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

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

had time to

to just wait

gone through several times by now. There have been no distractions,

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

any other person in Mortis' position would be

this entire thing might as

Why?

him to isolate himself. Additionally, Mortis was more coldhearted than Gravis anyway, which meant that

wouldn't know the Major Law of

emotions pass, and they might accumulate into something

even if the isolation wasn't perfect, it was still

focus on, which

to focus on himself during Samsara,

things to think about, and even repeating the

some point, Mortis only had uncomfortable thoughts

his time with

It was absolutely wonderful.

could be with

appeared in Mortis'

more with Gravis, and he wanted to become powerful. Even more, Mortis didn't want to feel

Mortis also felt like he spent way too little time

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

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

of something he actually wanted. It felt

did Mortis actually want

spend

Why couldn't he?

only do that by betraying his friends and family. Of course, they might not see his actions as a