Thread:Brandon Storm9/@comment-1359322-20151116025825/@comment-26520229-20151116195009

He's saying it existed before Balor's consciousness was added in, I.e, Gasper was born with the sacred gear, just without Balor. Valerie simply augmented the sacred gear he already possessed. It is similar to how when Issei was born with boosted gear, it contained the consciousness of the past possessors, but now it doesn't anymore. It is the same idea but in reverse basically. Sacred gears can change and evolve for various reasons.