[the fact im still baffled bc i swore i replied to this

The taut cord of Aspect in D thrums with disruption as the Discord mounts from Set's insistence. He pulls back again, but not harshly. Firm. Wary.

Somehow, it sounds exactly like a parent is admonishing him for talking back!! He's being scolded for getting mouthy...]

Do you really need to catch her to know they are always lies?

[D's wide, dusty lips turn downward pensively. Will Set feed the parts to him? Cut him open to stick them inside him? Try to force his body to assimilate them somehow?]

It isn't the same.

[Is it? Not in reality, though maybe to Set. The parts wouldn't be like having another Shard shoved into him, one he didn't know, right?]

Are you saying a Shard is a piece of a whole?