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 him, and

a sense, 100% of his

time, Mortis couldn't immerse himself

also couldn't just deactivate

could be suppressed for a short time, but then,

about the things he had done, about the things he wanted to

of thoughts. 'Is this what Orthar meant?' Mortis asked himself in his

been distracted by Laws, I was distracted by others or by fighting for my

had time to think about

forced to just wait around

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

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

any other person in Mortis' position would be intrigued

this entire thing might as

Why?

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

were perfect, Mortis wouldn't know the

and they might accumulate into something dangerous. However, that would take a

it was still good enough to make everything Mortis saw

had nothing to focus on, which forced him to focus

on himself during Samsara, and now, Mortis was forced to

to think about, and

point, Mortis only had

his time with

It was absolutely wonderful.

wished he could be with Azure every single

appeared in

become powerful. Even more, Mortis didn't want to feel guilty

Mortis also felt like he spent way too

more time with Azure, but he

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

he actually wanted. It felt like it was something he

did Mortis actually want

wanted to spend more

Why couldn't he?

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