User blog comment:DYBAD/Character Sheet/@comment-24441215-20141212082752/@comment-4867780-20141212085955

William's power source is a cosmic keystone born from the amalgamation of residual energies, while Lawrence's is the origin of all origins, the featureless prime source of all existences and definitions, including the "energy" and "power" William's abilities are based on. So they would reasonably hold no power over him, while he could absorb and replicate them like any other.