Prima is Stained into Prisma upon every interaction it makes with the world, no matter how seemingly insignificant.
Prismatic Staining is the process by which Prima absorbs the properties of whatever it interacts with - material or immaterial - becoming Prisma of a given nature.
Energy Given Form
Prima is Stained into Prisma upon every interaction it makes with the world, no matter how seemingly insignificant.
A volcanic shelf saturates the Prima above it with heat and force.
A glacial basin imposes its patience and weight.
A coastal storm charges the air with restless, shifting energy.
Prima absorbs all of it indifferently, taking on the character of whatever surrounds it. Thus, Prisma’s fundamental properties - its color, shape, and feel - directly reflects the nature of its accumulated Stain.
It follows, then, that at a microscopic level, all Prisma has its own individual history in the world, and exists as a reflection of that history. Because of this fact, no two samples of Prisma are identical - and even two that are ostensibly identical and harvested from the same exact environment will differ upon microscopic scrutiny.
In practice, however, only the broader differences truly matter. Given two samples of Yellow Prisma, one might technically have a more vibrant hue than another - which in turn might crackle with slightly more energy. But just as river and lake water both look and behave like water, both samples of Prisma would have a Stain similar enough to look and behave like Yellow Prisma.