Lightning Is the Only Way

The three of them talked for several days. Gravis and Mortis were telling Zero's Essence about their entire life, and Zero's Essence was very intrigued by the story.

She had thought that her own story was very incredible, but it was nothing in comparison to Gravis.

Gravis had met several different Heavens while no one alive had even met one!

It was like the entire Cosmos was unfolding before Gravis and Mortis, breaking normal convention.

The entire time, Zero's Essence only listened, and she rarely spoke up. Gravis even asked several times if he was boring her, but she always gave a negative answer.

"No, continue. I'm very intrigued," she kept saying.

And then, she became silent again.

Gravis knew that Zero's Essence was probably a very introverted person, but her introversion was really something else. Gravis assumed that she saw Gravis' story as a show or entertainment, not a dialog.

In these days, it was basically only Gravis talking with Mortis adding some things at the side. Yet, even Mortis was talking more than Zero's Essence.

"And that's when you showed up," Gravis finished.

Zero's Essence didn't react.

Gravis looked at Mortis uncertainly, and Mortis just shrugged.

"So, is there anything else you want to know?" Gravis asked, trying to disperse the awkward atmosphere.

"Why did you tell me all of this?" Zero's Essence asked calmly.

That question surprised Gravis a bit. "Why not? We're family, and I like talking with people."

that naïve," she said. "Family is only a bond by blood. However, it's worthless when considering powerful Cultivators. We have not grown up together, and this is the first time we are talking. We are strangers, and there

all of these things? Do you

through a major part of Zero's Essence's personality, he would have assumed her comment to be derisive since she basically interpreted bad and

she was genuinely curious. She did not understand why Gravis was doing this, and she

had told her about his friends and family, and she

Gravis' biggest weakness, and he had unveiled

would he do

I see you as a friend and/or sister already," Gravis

don't know me," she

do," Gravis

Essence raised an

wasn't only speaking bullshit. The stuff about control and freedom is true. I only have to

you feel like a prideful person, but not unhealthily so. Lying and deceiving is not something you normally consider since you don't like it. Additionally, I am far weaker than you. If you wanted to kill me, you would just kill me.

gain goodwill from you, but that's just how normal human relationships work. People try to gain the goodwill of someone they like subconsciously or consciously. The only

even if I don't know much about you, I know that telling you my story won't be

Zero's Essence

that easy to analyze my entire personality?" she asked with furrowed brows.

the

of Life only supports life with the

and instinct. That life is essentially as complex as

of Perceived Reality is the understanding of consciousness and intelligence. Complex relationships and complicated

Law fragments from different perspectives, which slowly dispels their complex relationships with each

Essence fell into thought with furrowed

very simple, but it definitely

if she knew everything Gravis knew, she still wouldn't be able to navigate another person's mind to such a

made it

connections in someone's personality. A good example would be a writer. That writer would want to earn money by publishing a story, and to support their endeavor, they quickly copied an