Time no longer shyly hid from Shard; it revealed all its secrets to him. The river of time became complete in Shard's eyes, the bridge connecting the Fifth Era and the present finally showed its form.
He wanted to stand up, but the weakness and the feeling of excruciating pain from the bleeding of the seven orifices nearly caused Shard to fall. Fortunately, the doctor caught him in time.
"I'm okay."
In a daze, Shard clutched his head with his left hand, passing the relic in his right hand to the doctor to put back in the box, while he steadied himself against the wall, trying hard to stand firm.
