To be honest, I didn't either and I am the teacher. At least, now we do know so that we can advise others who may go through this. Working with your shard is hard enough that we don't need anything making that harder.

[Diarmuid knows he has learned a valuable lesson he will make sure to pass onto others as he teaches them.]

How are you feeling? Tired or okay?

[She seems okay, but he doesn't know if resetting the way she connects to her shard will lower her endurance when it comes to using it. Besides, he remembers too well what happened the last time they did a lot of shard practice together.]