Someone... I am not familiar with. It feels like holding another person's shard, but fainter. Yima had said that the shards she pulls for us are weaker because they don't have a direct connection to this place, but are instead maintained by their link to us. It's also true that they could be fakes. Aetos had said something to me that made me doubt how real Sakura's shard is, but it was merely an assumption. I could have been reading too far into those words.

[Or, hell... she could have misheard Aetos entirely. Rin was in pain at the time. Having them implant the crest was enough to make her cry. Like cutting open an arm and transplanting an artificial organ without any anesthesia. Tohsaka's left arm aches faintly at the memory. A phantom pain.]