[ Whatever uneasiness Link might have felt from the unnerving tone of Sebastian's mental voice is immediately forgotten by the content of his message. Link responds with alarm, with the distinct sound of a strong, chilly wind blowing around him — the same sound surrounding him where he stands in the physical world, leaking into Communion space in his unfocused shock. ]

What?

It — it burst? That... who would do such a thing??

[ That means the person is gone. Forever. A Shard retrieved from the Timestream, destroyed forever. ]

H-How is that even possible? What do you mean, infected? Where did you keep it — how far away was it from the bad Shard? It took a few days, you said? And it — what, it exploded?

[ He needs all the details, now. ]