User blog comment:NyricTheDeceiver/Character Sheet: David Edra/@comment-736515-20141225174041/@comment-28898344-20141225175441

For David, yes. A fragment of the origin of origins embedded itself in his right hand and fused with him, granting him a portion of its power. Kind of like Lawrence. As you know, the original idea was Origin Manipulation but I found it hard to make it plausible for him to have challenges, so I changed it to what it is currently. The Big Bang experiment was the only semi-acceptable way for him to be thrust outside of his reality.

The others merely gained their powers because of David using his power on a global scale, altering their genome and granting them abilities,