Lightning Is the Only Way

"Like this?"

"No, not like this. I cut off part of my femur to make a blade. You should know what a blade looks like."

"Yes, but I haven't done that before."

"Just imagine it."

"So, like this?"

"Wrong cut. It's more of a diagonal one."

The Opposer frowned.

He was just recreating reality to include Gravis again.

Gravis had told his father his story, and the Opposer very quickly realized that Gravis was speaking the truth.

First of all, the Opposer knew about the ultimate price one had to pay to become the Will of Death.

Second, after Gravis highlighting weird parts in the Opposer's memory, the Opposer realized that his memories didn't make much sense in some parts.

Sure, to him, they felt natural.

However, the Opposer could see that Gravis' explanation made more sense.

The Opposer was still unused to having another son, but he tried his best to accept Gravis.

"Why is our last name Bauer anyway?" Gravis asked.

"What's with that question?" the Opposer asked.

"Well, I just thought of it," Gravis answered.

"Back in the old world, we spoke a different language. Bauer means farmer in that language. I think the old bastard changed the language so that no one would ever think about creating the word Bauer again."

"Wait, so I'm literally called Gravis Farmer? All this time without knowing my last name, and it's just straight-up farmer?" Gravis asked.

"What did you expect? You saw my past. I was born into a farmer's family, and mortals often have very straightforward last names," the Opposer answered matter-of-factly.

"The great Will of Death, Mr. Bauer," Gravis mocked.

"You can change it if you want. Who's going to stop you?" the Opposer asked.

"Nah, I don't wanna," Gravis answered. "It's my name, and I'll just have to deal with it. Also, the entire name thing doesn't really matter anymore. After all, I don't have a Cosmos."

Then, Gravis frowned. "That might actually be for the better. The only time I created a Cosmos, I made a land of suffering."

"You had good intentions," the Opposer said.

"So? You should've seen it. I think I went even crazier than you."

"I doubt that," the Opposer answered.

As Gravis and his father continued to bicker lightheartedly, the Opposer was focusing on adapting the reality of his Cosmos to include Gravis.

It was a lot of work since Gravis couldn't directly create images since he had no access to Energy, but eventually, they managed to somewhat make it fit.

A couple of minor details were different, but everything important was there.

And then, when they were finally done, the Opposer was just waiting for the go-ahead.

"Wait here. I wanna test something," Gravis said before vanishing.

The Opposer lifted an eyebrow, but he quickly saw what Gravis meant.

Inside a room, a grey shadow appeared.

Grey?

Hadn't Gravis been a black shadow?

Well, the Opposer had created a shell of Balance around Gravis. With that, Gravis could interact with Energy without using the filter of the Cosmos.

to pull the shell of Balance along with his

had

was in

as she saw a grey shadow appear in

second, she became

this was, but it also

she was the most powerful existence in this

could even

that, Stella

the shadow only hovered in front of

it slowly went

Creeaak.

door slowly

BANG!

door slammed

it creaked open

are you doing?"

a spooky

spooky ghost?" Stella

you scared?" Gravis asked. "How about I make some of the furniture float?

only look in

the Opposer. In comparison to Orthar, the Opposer didn't keep his whereabouts

this your doing?" she

spooky ghost," the Opposer answered with a

react to the Opposer's

joke on me?"

the

threw Stella's

He… was he?

Clank, clank!

looked over when she heard

shadow was wearing a suit of armor, and it

for legs!" the armored ghost

confusing situations, Stella could only do

She could only laugh.

he heard

how he

…

Time passed.

…

though Stella had no memory of Gravis, it was like they

what had actually happened and that

Gravis came to the changed reality the Opposer

to remember her life with

Gravis went to all his other friends and

wanted to remember

which meant that they had survived the first and second

first had been the absorption

second had been the

been at the perfect level of

the Opposer replaced the

recreated and added to the

incredibly happy when they

not everyone had

hit Azure hard, but Gravis knew

rarely got stopped by the death of a loved one. They

to

And survival?

That didn't matter anymore.

Opposer created separate

could live in the world with the old

Comprehension, the

a break or retire, they could go

live for as long as they wanted, and fighting

was nearly no Energy in that world, and the Laws couldn't

50 billion years, the Opposer had created the opposite, a Cosmos that

was still