Basically. It's not the sort of thing you want to push before you know what that's going to do. [With any weapon, that can be dangerous, but with something like this, it's even more so. It would be much easier to explain his concerns if he could actually say that the sword in ruined condition had been the reason Reisi had to die in the first place, but there's no way in hell he'd tell that to any shinki.

So for now, he plays like it's not that deep a problem, letting out a faint breath.] As far as I know. He did say that first time that his power was mine to use in that form. So that's making me more careful about it.

[That's as specific as he's going to get on the front of potential risk to Reisi - and he considers it reasonable that if you're wielding someone else's power, you'd be concerned about any potential backlash on them.]