I hope it's ok if I ask a couple of questions about things I don't understand; if Hydaelyn is reabsorbing the aether from the rejoined shards why is she getting weaker? Doesn't Matoya say that the crystals of light given to prior WoL were stronger because Hydaelyn herself was more powerful in the past? Unless the aether is going to the aetherial sea and not to Hydaelyn directly? Or does Zodiark get all of it somehow? Do we know how Hydaelyn and Zodiark get their power? If they absorb aether from the aetherial sea and the aether from a rejoined world goes to the aetherial sea wouldn't a rejoining increase the available "pool" of energy for both of them?