Are shards different?

[EaraGrace]

My own conception of aetheric density is that while rejoining increases the density of one’s soul, the world itself still places those souls in bodies that remain 1/14 Sundered. We don’t have records after the calamities of people living longer lifespans, nor is their any indication that people are getting noticeably better at wielding magicks. When Yoshi P said that Emet and Hyth when reborn would just be a little better at things than everyone else, the implication seemed clear. The soul is Unsundered yet the body wouldnt be anything special. Combine that with Emets line about being stifled by his flesh (which he took from a random citizen of the 1st), the fact Ardbert was able to hold his own against us despite us being 7 times Rejoined, the Ascians and their “uplifting,” all the comments on our weak aether in Elpis and Amaurot etc. etc.