[At this, Jason moves to sit, not on his bed, but in a chair. Any time he thinks about this, there's a certain rattling of anxiety that pumps through his veins. He can't kill it, no matter how hard he tries.

His hands come to rest on his knees.]

The Shuck has abandoned our way of doing things, and has chosen a third path. He wishes to kill us all, and use our shards for a goal. Perhaps it's the same goal, but he's rather decisive, apparently. The shards collected by each court are also at risk.