The destruction of the Lower Framework didn't just weaken the Prime Expanse—it struck deep at the very cores of the two beings who had brought it into existence.
But the truth wasn't so straightforward.
The Mother and the Father weren't merely rulers or the master architects of their own vast realms.
In the same way that Ash was intrinsically tied to Pantheos, these two beings were inseparable from their creations.
They didn't just shape their cosmologies—they were their cosmologies.
Every reality that had once existed beneath the Prime Expanse was a reflection of their own being — living shards of their will, their essence, and their strength.
When those layers were wiped away, it wasn't just far-off worlds that disappeared.
It was literal parts of who they were.
The lower laws, concepts, and trans-concepts acted like the roots of a vast tree, pulling in raw existence and directing it toward the higher realms.
