Yeah sorry, I somehow missed that part when I watched the episode. Retroactively made me feel better about it.

4-Sided Dive Shard Discussions

• 00:11:17 Tal"No, Ashton is very much right now just deciding to befriend everything that doesn’t seem like it should be befriended and piss off everything that seems like it should be taken care of.
• 00:13:00 Tal"Am I still talking about lava, 'cause we both jumped, but yeah"
  Ashley"Well, you did, and then I panicked 'cause you were getting real hurt."
• 00:13:24 Matt"That’d be the most anti-climactic…No, wait, guys. He knows what he’s doing." {blub blub} “Just give him another 30 seconds, hold on…Any minute now, he’s gonna rise like a phoenix from the ashes.”
• 00:13:49 A"How do you feel about it?(ref Lava Shard moment)"
  Tal"I felt very good about it. I felt that that was the appropriate action to take (troll face)
• 00:14:05 M"That’s a perfect example of setting up a challenge without a solution in mind, which is one of my favorite things to do in this game. Not every puzzle I have an answer for. I just set up a challenge and I’m like, ‘Figure it out.’ There was no ‘right answer’ to that. There were possibilities I thought of, but there was no right answer, and it was just like, ‘Let’s see what y’all do.’"
• 00:15:00 Trav"And then, like, once he was in, like, you just went for it, which was great. Like, there’s gotta be a risk take on somebody’s part."
  A"There’s gotta be."
• 00:15:48 M"Even if it’s not the smartest choice, it’s still the choice that drives the story in unique ways, and you accept it and you follow where it takes you. And that, to me, is like the joy and spice of these type of games."
• 00:17:26 Tal"I don’t remember the last time that we actually, like, worked with that much teamwork and strategy, like three campaigns through."
• 00:17:55 Tal"It felt like the perfect thing of, like ‘Of course, I’m gonna jump into this now.’ like, What else am I gonna do?" (Admittedly Not Creative)
• 00:23:13 M"Yeah, the whole basis of the subclass was him looking at the Wild Magic barbarian and he went, ‘Nah, this isn’t weird enough’"
• 00:23:27 A"I still feel like, I mean, I still am curious if you’re supposed to keep the shards, both of 'em."
  Tal"I think I’m supposed to do whatever I damn well please with it, so."
• 00:23:49 Trav"But wasn’t the warning that if a single bearer has both of them, that you will essplode?"
• 00:24:09 Trav"Look at that. That’s an encouraging face. And I, for one, second his encouragement."
  A"Yeah. I’m kind of team Pumping It All Into Ashton."
• 00:24:34 A"I feel like it’s your shard."
• 00:33:55 Tal"And I’m relearning how to play a barbarian, and part of that is reminding myself that, like, physical damage is just part of it. Like, ‘Okay, this looks stupid, and then just kind of…’"
• 00:55:43 A"Well, I think I’m just really in the mode of saying yes to everything."
• 01:01:52 Tal"They have a lot in common. A lot of family trauma. A lot of ego and personal grievance. A lot of un-dealt with emotional issues and a problem maintaining emotional issues. They also tend to think that they are the only adult in the room."
• 01:15:35 A"How does Fearne feel about possibly taking on the shard? Does she even want to wield its power? How does she feel about her fire abilities coming up in this way? Yeah, there’s complicated feelings with the shard, you know, Fearned has seen a version of herself that has gone down a very bad path in EXU and Fearne still doesn’t know which-- Time is a weird soup–. So, she doesn’t know where in the timeline that Fearne was. And if every sort of step that I’m taking…It’s like, 'Is this gonna lead me down to that path? to the bad Fearne? So it’s complicated on takin on new powers cause it’s like, ‘Well, if this is gonna be different.’ And I mean, it could be fun. I mean there’s… I wanna put on that harness so bad just to see what it does. I mean, we kinda know, but I’m just like, ‘Whoo’ Yes, if there’s anything, yes, I’m goin full, full steam ahead with being the button pusher 'cause it’s fun. But yeah, it’s complicated. The shard is complicated. Plus it also doesn’t feel like hers."
  Tal"Well, we’ll have a private conversation about the shard at some point before the game."
  A"Okay."
• 01:41:51 “Ashton seems to be embracing a designation as a member of the Hishari. What do they think of the cult after learning more about it, particularly from the Ashari and now Evontra’vir?”
  Tal"Well, honestly, I feel like they’re a little biased and they’re ignoring most of the problematic issues with the uh… But, I will say, Im getting excited. I’m just…This was not a path I was expecting Matt to open up in this direction. And I like that it is mired in a lot of controversy."
• 01:55:23 “Chetney gave away Deanna’s ring to Ashton for some new shoes. Are you afraid of Aabria’s wrath?”
  Trav"Don’t say it like that! No, no-no-no. I thought it was a good trade. It keeps things lively. I also love incurring wrath."