"Yes and no," answered Gideon. "The reason being, the thing you call Ascension Particles is said to have existed before Father, but it didn't have the evolution property. It simply existed, akin to mist, and most creatures didn't notice it and those who did, ignored it.
And Yes, because Father was the one who made it into what it is now. He gave it meaning, the concept of evolution. So, in a sense, he is the source."
As he spoke, he opened his palm, and the surrounding Ascension Particles crystallized, liquefied, and particulized then vanished.
Blaze!
As soon as he finished, Apexion's entire existence began shimmering with conceptual black flames that slowly cleansed all traces of Ascension Particles from his existence, which would be extremely difficult to complete, considering it was a fundamental aspect of his path… If he wanted to get rid of it completely, he would have to sever it on a conceptual level, akin to Fate Severance.
