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[ By the time Sebastian reaches out in Communion, he’s already felt the fullness of his rage and taken it out. Viciously. It’s an occasion where he’s grateful for what Ryad provides, lest he had to express it in a more troublesome way.

Sebastian’s usual affect is warm and friendly, if with a polite distance, but today, it’s ice cold. His Communion is always expressed as something dark, but there’s a secondary sensation that comes today as well. It’s the unsettling sensation of being watched that makes someone’s hair raise. After all, there’s uncountable eyes in that abyssal dark. ]

I shall be brief. Someone broke into my home a few days ago and left a “gift” most unwelcome. A Shard belonging to someone from my home. Yet, though I kept it isolated to inspect it further, that did not seem to matter. It infected the Shard that Lady Yima gave me. A Shard that is now no more, for it burst. The soul that was in that little rock is no more.

[ His voice becomes more tense at that last sentence. It’s clear he’s very intentionally holding back his temper significantly. ]

I make this announcement for my fellow Zenites’ sake that they might destroy any they come upon immediately. Also to inform them that there is a way for these Shards to be tampered with that has been exploited. But let me also be clear.

I will find whoever was unwise enough to step into my home and play with my pet. I went through great lengths to obtain that soul, and I do not take kindly to being robbed of it. But there is no need for threats beyond that, is there?

[ So he says, but it’s crystal clear—Whoever it was, they’re in grave danger if they’re discovered. ]

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[ too late buddy, you were already towards the top and the glib answer isn't helping,,, ]

Perhaps. [ Absolutely not, and Sebastian knows it personally. Aetós would never encounter Sveinn and make a mess if they didn't want to. ] Or perhaps it was a Shard-Bearer with a bit of a grudge and given means. I would not think Aetós to be so sloppy as to leave a mess.

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[oopsie doopsie]

And here I thought they liked messes, with all the destruction they caused in the past. [Though some of Sebastian's earlier phrasing does make him wonder--] Can't you ask Yima for a new, uh, pet?

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[ Sebastian makes a noise of annoyance, because now that it’s pointed out, he can see how it would be misunderstood, but. He won’t apologize for being unclear. ]

The Shard was not my pet. When I say pet, I mean a very literal one. That is how I know someone broke into my house, because my pet met this intruder and tried to tear out their entrails. Is that clearer?

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Yup, crystal. [Yikes. That does sound exactly like the kind of beast a demon would keep as a pet, whatever it is.]

If Shards can get infected, what about yours? Maybe you should get it checked out.

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I have seen no evidence of it in my Shard. It is something I am able to see, more or less.

[ The qualifier is only because it isn’t truly sight, but that’s the best point of comparison. It’s hard to explain a sense that someone doesn’t even possess. ]

Why that is, I cannot say. But it only infected the Shard I was granted as my boon.