Mm. Ydalir, the shadowy lady who isn't here right now, knows the shards better than I do. But from what I understand, they fell from the skies, which is why you don't see any stars here. Most of them are dead. This one is still alive. This one, and the moon shard [Mizuki ate that one, fyi] are the only two recovered so far, I think.

I am a creature of stone and flame, so theoretically, I could just... attach this... to myself? I think. Or I could eat it. [...] If fusing magic shards to someone isn't your forte, I'd cross blades with you. You're... huge. No offense.

[Zahliya is... 5'0", so,]

There's no chance it could hurt me. I don't think. No one said it would? [Staring at the rock in the bird skull's eye socket like ?? hm?] The only reason I haven't tried is because I thought it might be useful to simply hold onto it, rather than join with it. Perhaps the use is in joining with it.

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And yes, that's a yes, we can spar whenever you'd like.