Fern follows Skadi's gaze to her hand and frowns at it, then starts to tug her glove back on; the longer she looks at it, the more frustrated and unhappy she becomes, even though it isn't the source of her present misery. "I was riding here from Ansburg," she begins, then adds with some bitterness, "to join the Grey Wardens." This said with a glum gesture backwards over her shoulder. "Only now that I'm here, they won't let me join, so I came all this way and caught this stupid shard in my hand for nothing. Now.." The frustration and anger bleed out of her voice, leaving behind only the sadness; her eyes start to water again despite her best efforts to fend the tears off. "...now I can't even go home."