[D's face does not change; it's unnervingly too placid. Something about him is distinctly too inhuman.

However, his voice sounds surprisingly earnest in how simply he delivers such harrowing news.]

That's right. You woke with something you felt you had to keep. It's called a Shard. It's a part of you, like a soul.

When you align it with Zenith or Meridian, it will also awaken some of what's been taken from you, and offer you something more. It uses the energy of the Harmonization to function.

But it also can cause you to accumulate Discord. You'll understand as you experience it.