[The guilt doesn't go unnoticed, but that's not his immediate concern, so much as the shock of the image Dextera presents.]
This seems a lot less gentle than the Regent "touching" it. Did they break his shard, too?
[It's horrifying, and Dextera will be able to feel his revulsion. Even for someone still getting used to having a shard at all, just having Wrathion touch his back at the Seeker shrine was more than Claude could stand, so he can't even imagine what this would feel like.]
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This seems a lot less gentle than the Regent "touching" it. Did they break his shard, too?
[It's horrifying, and Dextera will be able to feel his revulsion. Even for someone still getting used to having a shard at all, just having Wrathion touch his back at the Seeker shrine was more than Claude could stand, so he can't even imagine what this would feel like.]