My volunteer is reaching the end of the process, her core is formed and only in need of a density increase, while the Earth Elemental Shard has almost fully merged with her body. She's burned through the stored Divine Energy in her body though, and I don't want to mess up her cultivation by adding my own energy this time. At least Hui'Jin was already a Priestess of the Death God, so the nature of my energy was highly compatible with her cultivation.
As I finish and she slips into a meditative slumber to recover and adjust, I notice that the other volunteer is having a very different experience. She's coated in wind shields so dense they're visible to the eye, floating and giggling as Karl and Elder Song together try to bring things back under control. It looks like the Shard overruled her mental strength and took over, a danger of the technique that I heard of when I first met Karl.
